Monday, December 3, 2012

Nov GWOM: Επιστροφή - Return


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.

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