Various members of our church give the first reading from the Bible, and it is usually a text from the Old Testament. Today it is HW2's turn, and she is reading from Ephesians, which is in the New Testament. What she really wants to do is to say to the congregation, "We were there a year ago in Ephesus. It is one cool place! The library (second largest in the world at the time) facade is still standing."
We visited an 'L' shaped bathroom in Ephesus and our tour group sat on the area and listened to our guide describe how slaves cleaned up their masters after using the bathroom. One of our group accidentally dropped her purse down one of the toilet holes and there was a general group gasp. It was a 5-6 foot drop, and none of us had anything with which to snag the purse. Our clever and slender guide went to the end of the L and dropped in, got the purse, and brought it back to the much relieved woman. It was a bit dusty but the dust was probably 2000 years old. We kidded her a great deal and thought our guide was very resourceful, although he said he was not going to do that again for anyone. We have fond memories of Ephesus. It made the hairs on the backs of our necks stick up when we thought about the Apostle Paul walking, working, and preaching there. Will HW2 mention any of this today? Probably not. But, she wants to, and it would be a treat for the congregation, I think. Happy travels, and hang on to your purse.
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