Passport to Purity Part I

It is our Fall Break, which coincides with the Sacrifice Holiday here in Turkey. Since we had at the week off and did not go out of town as a family, we made this our week for Firstborn's Passport to Purity retreat with me. I can't recommend this highly enough. It is put out by Family Life Publishing and has everything you need to make a memorable weekend with your teen, clearly explain what God says about purity, and offer a time for him/her to make a commitment. We had so much fun!

We opted not to go out of town, so CC allowed us to stay in a nice hotel here in Ankara for 1 night. We left out mid-morning and had a quick salad lunch. I presented her with her workbook and a letter from her Papa and from me. I got a little choked up writing it. Didn't I just meet this precious baby? Where did the time go?

Our hotel was nice. We had frequent flier miles that bought the night for us. She got a kick out of the "pillow menu" at the hotel. We perused it, checked out our pillows, then decided we liked the ones we had already been given!

We enjoyed an afternoon at the Turkish hamam (bath house) there in the hotel, then went out for some dinner. We took the movie on Queen Esther called "One Night With the King" and watched it together. Between all of our events, we listened to cd's and worked through her workbook. The topics were great...peer pressure, listening to God's Word and your parents, setting your standards high, etc.

After a good night's sleep, we enjoyed the international breakfast at the hotel.

Firstborn's plate....

We couldn't forget all the little people at home, so we took a little jar of peanut butter, dulce de leche, or chocolate for each of them (from the buffet).

Tomorrow I'll blog about our day out and about.