Apostle Paul's Roman Imprisonment

I must say that last I talked to my wife and boys and what a breathe
of fresh air. They are wonderful and I owe Becca big time. One thing
is for sure I have grown closer to my family as I have been gone.

Today started out amazing as a picture in my head came alive. Many of
you have seen Gladiator the movie, well we started our day in the
presence of gladiators. The Rome coliseum sat 70,000 people in it's
hay day and games went on for over 100 years. The games were pretty
much a sly move of the emperors of the time to gain them more power.
Apparently during the games it was free entry, free food, and beer.
This was a sure way to swoon the people.

From here we moved over to the parthenon and watch an actual
excavation take place. But as we moved through this royal place we
came to a solemn place on this trip that has hit me in the face from
being on this trip. We came to the place whee Paul and Silas were
locked in prison before Paul was beheaded. Before we entered we read
Philemon and realized that during our ministry we are going to hurt
people and burn bridges. I guess that may be why I am here and because
of the situation in Texas the Fankhausers and myself were asked to
enter the prison first. This was an emotional moment to be in the
actuall place where a man on fire awaited what was next on his
ministry journey. The picture shown is from the dark dungeon prison.

We had lunch in Pantheon square and went to little pizzaria shops and
ate a bruschetta and tomato sandwich. But the dessert was a Gelato
not ice cream as we were corrected by our Italian guide who is
amazing. It was good real good.

Until tomorrow...LA