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Name: Josh
Country: United States
State: Indiana
Birthday: 9/7/1981
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Interests: I love reading, cooking, and playing video games. I love, and I mean LOVE spending times with my wonderful wife, Sarah, also known as Champsarahjoy to us Xangaer's. I'm getting ready to be a dad and I love hanging out with jr. highers, you guys rock!
Expertise: I'm slowly attempting to become an expert of theology, scripture, and the Bible, studying every day to become the best Christian that I can be. Trying every day to be more and more amazed with God. I love teaching and I feel that I'm pretty good at it, however I don't have much chance to do that currently.
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Monday, April 28, 2008

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Sorry I haven't posted more pictures. Rick's connection isn't the fastest, and the only way I can get pictures to post is if I use iPhoto to insert the pictures into Mail, copy and paste them from Mail into another folder, and then attempt (often unsuccessfully) to upload them. Its a pain, and when I've been done at the end of the day, I've just been to tired to do it. I will try and post some more before I leave, and then some of my favorites after I get back to the States.


Friday, April 25, 2008

I'm fortunate enough to be here in Cyprus for the Orthodox Easter. Today was Good Friday. Anyway, the Greek Orthodox do something pretty cool for Easter. It begins with a very liturgical service. After that, they put the Icon of Christ and put it in a "coffin" that is carried around the city (in Orthodoxy, you have icons with Saints on them. You have to be sanctioned by the church to make an Icon, and in many cases, the Icon is basically worshiped). For the one that we saw, they had the military marching before the coffin, playing very somber music. As the coffin passed, people would walk underneath it while crossing themselves. It was very cool. You can take at pictures of the church and the service below.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Cyprus - Day 3

Wow, it has been a crazy busy week.

Yesterday, I went over to the Hertzogs for breakfast, and then we all went to the open market together. I guess they have one every Wednesday/Saturday. We also did the touristy things and I got a few things to bring back with me. I hope my suitcase isn't to heavy. My carry-on's are going to be loaded down too, especially since I'm taking a few things back for the Hertzogs.

Anyway, after that, Chris and walked across the board into the Turkish side of Nicosia. Its amazing how much difference one block can make. Within a block, there is a new language, a new religion, new monetary system, and signficantly less dense city.. just to name a few things. Its very surreal.

I went with Rick, who is doing some Keystone training (via the book of Titus) with a group of Africans, consisting mainly of Cameroonians, but had one individual from Ghana as well. We immediately left that and had dinner with a person I met at the Keystone training. Amazing mean. Seriously.... Amazing.

Anyway, here are some pictures:

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This is the outdoor market.

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This is Deann at the outdoor market.

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This is a mosque over on the Turkish side. It's pretty cool. It was originally a Greek Orthodox Church, but was converted during the Ottoman Empire. I was really surprised that I was allowed to go in and take pictures, especially since it is still in use.

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Kind of a cool picture. It kinda gives you a feel for what the city, outside of the touristy stuff, is like on both sides of the border... although much more so on the Turkish side.

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Basically, just an outdoor cafe on the Turkish side. They are all over the place I just thought it was kinda cool.

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This is a sign blocking access to the UN buffer zone between the Turkish and Greek sides. Apparently, the buffer zone has been pretty much untouched since the UN arrived here in 1974. It supposedly looks exactly the same as it did immediately following the '74 invasion, but they don't let you get close enough to see.

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This is another market, just on the Turkish side. Chris bought some REAL Turkish Delight. Good stuff!



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