Thursday evening the General Secretary of the Spanish Bible Society, Jose Luis and his wife took us to the historic city of Segovia. We drove through the mountains and enjoyed gorgeous scenery. The city of Segovia was incredible - buildings hundreds of years old, a castle comp
lete with moat and towers, a palace based on the palace in Versailles, the historic Plaza Mayor, streets so narrow we weren't sure his compact car would even fit, even ancient aqueducts!On Friday afternoon Brian finished his work with the Spanish Bible Society. He was very happy with what they accomplished this week, as were the individuals he worked with during the week. Their work revolved around four different editions of the same Spanish translation. One is an interconfessional version for Spain's Protestants and Catholics that includes the Deuterocanon. Another edition is the same Bible for Latin America (the Spanish is somewhat different between the two areas). The other two editions are primarily for the Protestant churches - one for Spain and the other for Latin America. These versions do not have the Deuterocanon and have about 90% less footnotes than the others. This reduces the number of pages from 2,000 to 1,500. Brian's role in all of this was to get them ready to be printed (or reprinted, in the case of the two of the translations).
Today (Saturday) was travel and transition today. The taxi picked us up at 4:00 a.m. to take us to the airport. Our first flight was to Rome, where we changed planes for our flight to Istanbul. After getting visas, waiting half an hour to get our passports stamped, picking up our bags, changing money, and catching a cab, we were finally on our way to the hotel. The taxi driver didn't know where the hotel was, so after a few detours and the help of some very friendly waiters at an outdoor restaurant, we finally checked into our hotel at 3:30.
This afternoon we walked around some and got a feel for the old city. I promised not to write about food, but if I did, I would have to mention the phenomenal shish-kebabs we ate at a neighborhood restaurant. We're planning on resting tomorrow, possibly doing some more sight-seeing, and then getting ready for the week. Please pray for our time here. Donna
You promised not to write about food? Please keep writing about it - it is very interesting. Of course, the other stuff is also very interesting. We want to know about your ENTIRE (including gastronomic) experience.
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