Well, though you would hardly know it just by asking them, our boys' were all born in a far off land, in the central plateau of Asia Minor, surrounded by mountains in the city of Eskisehir (meaning the 'Old City') in the land of present day Turkey. This was the ancient region of Phrygia for you Biblical scholars.
If you were to ask the boys today where they call home they would still enthusiastically say, "Rockwall, Texas!" though with our recent journey back to Eskisehir, Peter at least, is starting to appreciate his foreign birth.
While we were staying at a hotel in Istanbul, we met some Americans who asked the boys, "And where are you from?" A fairly straight forward question for most little boys, but one that leaves ours a little perplexed.
What would you say if you met a family in Istanbul, and the child answered that seemingly innocuous question something like this, "We're from Rockwall, Texas. We were born in Turkey, but we live in Iraq."
Here are some pics of their 'Hometown', well at least their birthplace. : )
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