It was an awesome trip and we couldnt have had a better group. The weather was perfect. The LORD watched over us for sure!

rd to being home.

We made it through Passport Control & security fairly painlessly and are awaiting our 7:50 flight to Huntsville. We are all doing well and looking forwa

We have landed in Chicago.

London - had to get lbs. Everyone doing well.

Great night of rest and breakfast at Holiday Inn Heathrow. Will be going to airport soon for Chicago, then Huntsville. Note: they do not take Euros in

Finally made it to Holiday Inn Heathrow. Looking forward to a good night's rest and getting home tomorrow. All is good.

Had a great day touring Acropolis, Parthenon, Mars Hill, Ancient Corinth. Again, great weather. Now awaiting flight to London. Bags checked to HSV-yeah!

We have disembarked ship and are on tour of Athens & Corinth today. Fly out at 7:05pm (11:05am AL time) to London. All is good. Weather beautiful.

Toured Crete & Santorini today. Now on our way to Athens. We tour Corinth and more of Athens tomorrow before flying to London for overnight. Beautiful Day.

Gorgeous day in Rhodes. We toured the old city and a castle. Water is crystal clear. Now sailing away to Crete. Tonight is formal night. All is well.

l visited.

Started day with tour of island of Patmos where Paul wrote The Revelation. There is a cave where he lived. Now on island of Myconos, another island Pau

Ship docked at Izmir (Smyrna). Drove to Ephesus which was awesome. Now headed back to ship. Perfect weather- awesome day!

Yesterday we had tour of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Turkey is 98% Muslim so we had Muslim guide which was interesting. Ephesus today!

Had nice afternoon at the Turkish market yesterday. Today we have been touring city. Now having lunch at "the pudding shop". Gorgeous weather.

tour tomorrow.

Sailing the Aegean Sea. Just had late bfast. We port in Istanbul at 4pm where we will be met with guide and bus. Today we will shop at the bazaar and

Wonderful dinner and night's rest at Metropolitan Hotel. Now off to downtown Athens for free time.

We have arrived in Athens! Everyone has their luggage and we are on the bus headed to our hotel for the night. All is good!

Arrived safely in Madrid and waiting on flight to Athens. Everyone is doing great. Most slept some and we had dinner and breakfast on flight.

We are boarded for Madrid. We are all seated on Row 33 together.

We are boarded for Madrid. We are all seated on Row 33 together.

I see I was mixed up on dates when I started this blog and I havent left the country yet. Haha.

Lunch at Ohare and at gate ready for flight to Madrid at 4pm, then on to Athens. Time is 8 hrs ahead in Athens. We are excited!

Tuesday, April 18

Wow, tomorrow is the day for the beginning of our exciting STEPS OF PAUL trip. We will gather at the church at 8-8:15 and go to Huntsville to begin our journey. I will try my best to update the blog, however, if I can only update by text it will be very brief. Your prayers are appreciated as we leave tomorrow. Blessings, kathy

Monday, April 17

We are looking forward to leaving Wednesday for the Greece-Turkey "Steps of Paul" trip. I hope to be able to update this blog during the trip but that will depend on internet access. We would appreciate your prayers as we leave on the 18th and return on the 28th. The group is: Scotty & Kathy Hogan James & Diane Makemson Gary & Judy Hughes Nancy Gillespie Mary Turner