We returned to Greece Nov 4th after a 6 month home assignment in the US. What a
whirlwind of activity! We are still adjusting to our new home again! We’ve hit
the ground running-ok, not Peggy. Unfortunately she returned a little slower
and with crutches due to an accident trying to get a motorcycle license! The
crutches are now gone and her knee is almost back to normal. Mike, on the other
hand, returned better than when we left due to another hip replacement surgery
in August to match his other titanium hip replaced in Dec 2011.
We are very excited about the
progress of The Hope Center (THC). While we were in the States, Josiah and
Jamie-Lee Green have been living at THC and making friends with our gypsy
neighbors. They hosted a kids club in September and due to its popularity, they
began an “Alphabet Club” three mornings a week in THC driveway. Their
goal was to reach out in love and in practical ways by teaching the Greek
alphabet as well as other fundamentals for education, such as forming a line,
how to correctly hold a pencil, how to raise a hand to answer etc. The club has
been a huge success and this week we will conclude this particular session with
the Greens as we share the story of Christ’s birth.
The rest of our time has been spent
trying to finish construction needs at THC as well as developing policy and
procedure manuals so we can begin the job of hiring house parents and hosting
pregnant girls.
Please
pray with us:
-Praise:
for our safe return and good transition back to life in Greece, for the
continued recovery of the stress fracture in Peggy's knee.
-For the
Alphabet club in our gypsy neighborhood: for a clear presentation of the gospel
this week in the Christmas story and that God would draw many of these children
to Himself.
-For God
to bring us the house parents He wants for THC so we can open the doors to
pregnant girls soon.
-For the completion of
construction, furnishing and funding of THC.
