We were invited to a town west of Ankara to visit a handicapped school to see if we could help them with a rehabilitation room for their students. This lady has done so much work in Turkey to better the lives of other people and we are so priviledged to be able to works with her. We were in for a great treat at Beypazari! Beypazari is known for its carrots, silver working, metals, and scarfs. As you walk down the pizar, you can get fresh carrot joice that they make right there. Very delicious!
First of all we were picked up by the Mayor's wife (Hamida) and driver, in his car at our apartment and taken to this city where we met with her and her husband, the Mayor of Beypazari. He presented us with this beautiful rendering of the Historical part of the City in wood. Afterwards we visited the handicapped school. Hopefully we will be able to work together. 
This is Engen, me, Duard, the Mayor, Hamida, and Seda our interpreter. 
This is the traditional dress of the women of this area. I just had to have a pair of these pants, in fact I bought two. They are very comfortable and I just love them. 
They then took us to lunch in this very wonderful outdoor restaurant. The food was so good. I think I have found another recipe that I have to take home. I wanted to leave the group and spend time in the kitchen, but probably would not have been appropriate. The soup, carrot dish, and some other dishes are native to this area. 
During our visit Hamida heard me talking about how much I loved butterflies and at the end of our visit she had gotten me a very lovely hand tooled beautiful butterfly necklace. She is putting it on me.
Everywhere we went they had a photographer with us. That night we received an email that we were in the newspapers. The article was very complementary about LDS Charities and was a beautiful article. You won't be able to understand it because it is in Turkish, but it really is a nice article.
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