Heather made it to Turkey

Hello to everyone...
The newest update since the last post was that the paperwork was recieved on the 22nd of June and Heather was to leave to Turkey on the 29th of June. The moving people were scheduled and Chuck will follow Heather to Turkey around the 25th of July. God provided just as we knew He would, although the planning was never without its stress. Please continue to be praying for everything to go well with the moving of our belongings and for the transitions going on for Heather & Chuck

An update from Heather:
The trip to Turkey went quite well and without any real issues. Being able to see family & friends before leaving was wonderful but saying the goodbyes to everyone was truly difficult!! I know its not forever, but it doesn't make it any easier.

The flights went welll. Got to see the movie Rango (It's a cute movie). I slept during the long trip to Germany and then did my best to stay up for the rest of the time so that I would sleep when I arrived in Turkey. The transition from one airline to another in Istanbul was chaotic - truly crazy! I somehow managed to get upgraded to first class (I didn't understand most of what the check-in attendants were saying, and only cared about getting on the flight itself), which was a nice blessing. I'll post a picture of the food I got later, but it was delicious and a great meal. It was quite impressive for airplane food. I arrived arond 1030pm and finally got to my room on base around midnight. I slept good for sure!!

Since then, I've seen the clinic where I'll be working and started getting things sorted out. I got to spend some time with someone who came from Andrews (where I used to work) and had gotten here a week before me. We're trying to learn & share information back & forth; it's WONDERFUL to have someone else around that understands and to do things with.

I've already visited the Library - and it's a good one!!! Magazines, movies, cd's, lots of books and more. I've also found that there's an arts & crafts building where you can do clay, painting, woodworking, etc. They have classes each month and I'm hoping to take advantage of these. What's interesting is that they have almost all of the supplies to do stained glass and no teacher, since she moved somewhere else. I may let myself get roped into doing a class - but not sure yet. It takes time to learn & I have no idea how I would teach it to someone else... hmm.

Tonight, they are going to be doing fireworks for the 4th of July (just 2 days early) and have some activities. Tomorrow I'm planning on going to a farmer's market & going to church.

Turkey has been awesome thus far and I can't wait for Chuck to join me! I miss my husband!! :)


That's all for now folks! Have a fabulous 4th of July!!