Thanks to the good grace of God and the mild Greek winter climate, there were large numbers of people walking in the city square this week. We ran out of the literature we had brought with us, not expecting such a large crowd. The box of gospels of John and the many stacks of tracts were gone in about an hour. The sign continued to get attention from those passing by. Many of them read the Scripture for the first time in their lives. We were hindered vocally today by the many musicians in the streets. For some reason the Greek population has no problem with open-air loud amplified music. It is only the natural voice of a preacher of the gospel that turns things upside down and bothers the mind. We press on with the publication of the word of God in spite of the hindrances of the world and our own language deficiencies. It is God that must give the increase. We are just the sowers.
Telemachus and Kiriakos remain faithful to the church services. Another man who had come several times in the past, Leonadas, came back to church this week. Pray for him as he needs to be saved. We were also privileged to have an 84 year old Greek man, Costas, visit us on Wednesday night. He has been saved for many years and worked for the evangelical churches in the past. He encouraged us not to stop our witnessing even though it was a hard task in this nation. He was saddened at the lack of fruit after so many years of his personal attempts to give the gospel to his own people. He seemed genuinely glad for our efforts even passing along some of the tracts he had used through the years.
We are still awaiting the next team which should arrive the week of January 28th. Until then, we have been playing catch-up on house and vehicle repairs, personal needs, etc. before the long uninterrupted sprint of 18 weeks of evangelistic teams.
Still brightening this corner of Greece for the Son of God!