We were greeted by our Korean host who was the pastor of the church we would be staying with while we were in Athens :) we made some quick tourist stops in Corinth where the book of Corinthians was written!! it was so amazing to see the bible come alive! After that we went headed into Athens.....We were staying in what was called the "redlight district" of Athens where about 50 yards around where we were staying was considered "sin city"....with tons of prostitution and drug use....but dont worry mom and grandma we were 3 stories high above all of this lol :) and God really protected us :)
Our performances consisted of various street performances...one of them was in a park about a block away from where we were staying which was a huge hang out for many Muslim men....who would occupy themselves with all sorts of destructive pass times.....it is true that idlnesss leads to destruction....many of the people who occupied that park were refugees from the middle east.....so they found themselves out of work and kicked onto the streets with no hope....and no motovation besides they highs they felt from temporary sources....It was eye opening to say the least about how people can live so much of their life in sin....the devil is truly out to kill and to destroy us....Our performance there showed how hard the devil tried to win the performance for his glory that day....but our God has long had authority over him and though he fought hard he did not shadow the message we brought to the people in the park that day......The biggest revelation that I got through out that week was that people are desperate to hear what we have to say.....the harvest truly is plenty....but the workers are so few....
We also did a feeding ministry at the church we were staying where 150 people came and squished into a small room where we did our show for them :) also did I mention that it was record heat in Athens the whole week we were there! so it was very interesting and a little smelly....but it was amazing to be able to serve such a diverse group of people :)
We were in Athens for about 5 days then we moved onto Olympios which is the town that is at the foot of Mount Olympios...where many ancient Greeks believed that the gods would do their "god buisness..." what ever that may be....but to many Greeks today...it is still a sacred mountain...and many believe that it still holds power among its historic mark in Greek mythology....
We traveled by train over night in a cramped yet quite comfortable cabin compared to some of the other passengers that were on the train who were forced to sleep along the isles and in small cramped corners...So we were thankful for the excxuse to sit down....along with the air conditioning!! which has become a rare occurance since we have been in Europe...! did I mention that while we were in Athens they had some record tempertures for this time of year......so we had become very used to sweating all the time.......
We were told that we were going to be camping in tents when we got to Olympios...and were pleasently suprised that we got little bungelows with running water and electricity....the camp that we are staying at is conveniantly close to the beach....so we can shower in the beautiful ocean when ever there is no water left in the showers :)
We have joined with another Greek church for our outreach in Northern Greece and are performing every night for the next 10 days! It has been very physically straining on all of our bodies especially me and many other of the dancers...so please keep us in your prayers so we can fully give all that we can give and not get sick or get hurt...Thank you all somuch for your continued support and love! I could not have made it this far with out everyones prayer and support!!!! I Love you guys :)
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