The Time is Now

For those of us going on the Pre-Tour - the time is now.  We head to the airport today to start our journey.  A personal journey for each of us as we spend time following the footsteps of Paul.  This time includes not only seeing the sights, but truly opening ourselves up for the journey God has planned for us.  A time to truly reflect on how God is working through us and developing us to be his disciples in the world.  Our Love and Blessings to all at home holding down the fort and prayers to all for an amazing journey that only our Lord and God can provide.  We love you!

Connection

We take our journeys - and our communication of them - seriously.  In addition to this blog, you may (should you opt to do so) also follow us throughout Turkey, Greece, and Rome by liking our page on Facebook named, appropriately enough, Turkey, Greece & Rome Pilgrimage 2012.  Pastor Craig will also be doing a blog, it is called RevCraig's Blog and you can click on the name to be instantly transported!

You will never be able to say that we were not a communicative group.  Looking forward to the great journey to begin...two more days until our pre-tour group leaves, bound for Cappadocia.

Preparation

As we the pilgrims plan and prepare for our epic trip, it is comforting to know that our family and friends prepare too - offering good travel advice, insight to some of the locations that we will be visiting, encouragement to pack smart so that we can keep those suitcases at or under 44 pounds...preparation is an important part of the journey!

For those of you holding the fort down at home, thanks for taking the time to lift this group up in prayer and support and thanks for tracking us on this blog!  It is our intention to post each day from wherever in the world we might be, starting with the first group to arrive for the Cappadocia pre-tour.  Between the time change (about 10 hours between California and Turkey/Greece, 9 hours for Rome) and travel time (almost 24 hours start to finish!), you can expect the first entry to be late in the day on Saturday, September 15th.  If we can post something earlier, great, but no promises until we get on the ground and know the lay of the land!

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Anticipation!

Welcome to the SOTH Pilgrim blog!  We will use this site to share our experiences, photos and musings for all of our pilgrimages - the current one being the Journeys of Paul.  Our group of 23 will be traveling to Turkey, Greece and Rome...walking where the apostles walked!  

Feel free to leave comments, we will be happy to pass along and share greetings from home to all of the pilgrims, helping to keep us all connected on this journey, sharing in the amazing experiences together.

Thank you for your prayers and support, we can't wait to share our adventures with you!