EPHESUS! We spent 3 long, hot hours here but it was so worth
it. It was so crowded—they say that 4,000 tourists come there everyday! The
famous library is beautiful. We sat in the huge theater where the people yelled
“Great is Diana of the Ephesians” for two hours because they were mad at
Paul—his message of worshipping one God went against their pagan practices
(they worshipped Diana who was the goddess of the hunt). But we know that “God
has so much more to offer than stones and statues.”
We also went to Miletus. There’s not much left of it besides
the theater. It’s interesting that there is an Imperial Box for the royal
family as well as a section for the Jews. Here Brother Schade taught us that
the Savior is the Good Shepherd who will lead us back to the flock. I love the
quote “So few of the flock would every go astray if they only had a shepherd to
lead them.” We will stay on the right path if we accept Christ as our Savior!
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