The Devil Wears Prada: Turkish Edition

There’s been a whirlwind of activity in the past few days and I will do my best to recap the events. I thought I would start off by describing the most boring activity. It also happens to be the inspiration for the title of this post.

I give part-time English lessons to businesses and last wear I started giving them to designers at a fashion company called Silk Road. I walked into the sleek, high-tech building of overly fashionable males and females doing overly fashionable things. My mind was instantly filled with scenes from “The Devil Wears Prada” (I swear I saw this on a plane and didn’t go out of my way to do so). I expected to find the entry-level Turkish version of Anne Hathaway being berated by her despotic Turkish version of Meryl Streep demanding she get her a steak. Unfortunately, I did not.

In other news, last week my good friend Derek and his pregnant wife Kim came to Turkey to visit. Kim also happens to be my girlfriend Melissa’s best friend so we had some sweet double date incidents around the city.

 

Tonight Melissa and I had dinner at the house of a Turkish guy who goes to my church. It was a great time fellowshiping with him and his family for a few hours. I played translator for much of the evening, but Melissa has a tremendous amount of gumption for learning foreign languages and wasn’t afraid to dive right in. We spent much of the evening talking about the trials and tribulations of the Turkish church, which is a reminder that the American church isn’t the only one that has problems in the world. But it’s always an encouragement to see such passion in another believer here.

Any other news? Can’t think of any. And make sure that the twins have their bound copies of the forthcoming Harry Potter book by 5:00 p.m. or you’re fired.