Gifts 21301-21400

21301. Waved through mostly at customs. 

21302. Köfte goodness. 

21303. A good night’s sleep. 

21304. Turkish breakfast. 

21305. No vulnerable questions asked my first day back. 

21306. Marisa potentially coming to stay for a month or two. 

21307. Caroline to help unpack and get me organized again. 

21308. Hot water working. 

21309. Suiters and Campbells doing a lot to help get my apartment 

            ready. 

21310. Seeing the Altays again. Laughing and being at home with 

            them. 

21311. A puzzle mat from them. 

21312. A good encouraging word from Steve. 

21313. Meeting Özge, a new sister. 

21314. Getting to do Ebru again. 

21315. An unexpected hug from Jude. 

21316. A day to chill and sleep in. 

21317. My Turkish not being too rusty. 

21318. A good evening at Masal Diyarı. 

21319. Güneş Pide. 

21320. Another good word from Steve. We don’t know who’s life we

            have impacted and changed because we came back. 

21321. A chance to be a part of Turkish fellowship again. 

21322. Hearing Heath teach again. 

21323. Steve and Caroline serving these local believers. 

21324. A fun night with Marin. 

21325. Çiğ köfte and midye. 

21326. Steve’s heart to pray more than souvenir shop. 

21327. Getting to go to Ephesus with the group. 

21328. Steve’s generosity towards us. 

21329. Getting to see Mildred and Ozkal and new baby Kaleb. 

21330. Marisa and Lauren hosting us. 

21331. Not feeling stressed over the medicine. 

21332. Laughing with Lisa again. 

21333. Getting to know Marisa. 

21334. Marisa insisting on paying for our breakfast, a relief to my

            heart. 

21335. Finding some goodies at Zara Home. 

21336. Able to get my medicine here! 

21337. A good night’s sleep and a long nap. 

21338. Getting more settled and unpacked and organized than I had 

            expected. 

21339. Ashton and Brice coming over. 

21340. A veggie heavy dinner. 

21341. Finding sweet cards from my mom and dad. 

21342. Ebru therapy. 

21343. Playing wirh Ahmet. 

21344. Getting to see Buket before she went off to university. 

21345. Seeing red and orange leaves from my balcony. 

21346. Jude being a gentleman. 

21347. Jude whispering if I was excited for the bus ride. 

21348. A chill evening with him. 

21349. A clean and mostly organized house. 

21350. My bank card working. 

21351. Food containers coming in less than 24 hours. 

21352. Yoga helping back pain. 

21353. Ismahan so glad I’m back. 

21354. Good gossip from Selma’s son. 

21355. Marisa came to stay with me. 

21356. Going back to bed after Jude left and sleeping til 11. 

21357. Joy at seeing Roozbeh and Mahshid on the bus. 

21358. LCW having some fall decor. 

21359. Good convos with Özge. 

21360. Nachos bringing soul comfort. 

21361. Getting to catch up with Jenni. 

21362. Chatting with Şenda for a minute. 

21363. Jude falling asleep quickly. 

21364. Going to bed early. 

21365. Time to grieve. 

21366. Good reminders that hard culture shock is normal after being

            gone for a year and especially for all I’ve been working 

            through. 

21367. Lisa to help talk with the Philips guy. 

21368. Delicious dinner made by Ashton. 

21369. Candlelit dinner because of no electricity. 

21370. Gorgeous sunset. 

21371. Jude giggles. 

21372. Hospital bus coming meant I got to ride a non-crowded bus. 

21373. A few minutes of sunshine with Ashton praying. 

21374. Getting to talk to mom, dad, Caley and Josh and see Aubrey. 

21375. Finding stickers and a gift for Sage at Buka. 

21376. Early to bed and 11 hours of sleep. 

21377. The Ege bringing it in the Virtual Trip. 

21378. Finally getting Jude’s homework finished. 

21379. Getting to talk to Kyla. 

21380. Ashton taking us to the bus station. 

21381. Jude’s excitement and giggles on the bus. 

21382. Enough time for a bathroom break. 

21383. Mountains and sea, light and darkness. 

21384. Sushi and Korean chicken for dinner in a beautiful garden. 

21385. Getting to talk to my brother. 

21386. Playing Qwixx with Marin. 

21387. Sushi for lunch again. 

21388. Sea views and smooth colorful rocks. 

21389. Delicious cookie cake. 

21390. Pat and Rick giving $25 for me too. 

21391. Celebrating Sage with life giving Asian food in a beautiful 

            green garden. 

21392. Marin walking back with me. 

21393. Good chicken wrap. 

21394. Time to paint by the sea. 

21395. Dinner with like-minded people. 

21396. Made it home in time for counseling. 

21397. Laura helping me work through my emotional state. 

21398. Getting to sleep in two days in a row. 

21399. A chance to process with Lisa. 

21400. Making it to the otogar in time.