So what was it like?

A typical day in Greece:

Up around 5:30

Breakfast and Personal Devotions

Bus 1 hour to the work site
-either painting at the mental institute or picking up trash in Volos

Work for 5-6 hours

Bus back

Showers and laundry

Supper

Team Devotions

Free time

Reading missionary biographies

Bed at 9:30

Our home base in Greece was a camp owned by the Greek Orthodox Church, so it was a miracle that we were allowed to stay there at all.  They had never had Protestants stay there before.

Our local missionary/pastor was Melleti.  I really liked him.  He’s short and a lot of fun!  He spent four years trying to lead people to Christ, but they just got offended because they’re already Greek Orthodox.  About four years ago he started serving more than talking and since then has had much better results over time.  They were all so happy that we were there.  My favourite was when I sang a solo in church at the English service.

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