Well, things are finally coming together. Yesterday, Sat. 11/28, we were blessed with a refrigerator by a couple who had two. Now all that is left is to get a full stove.
On Friday Dec. 11th we are having our first outreach, if you will. We will be inviting approximately 100 people to an outdoor carol sing at our house. If you look at the house pictures you'll understand why it will be outside for 100 people; and you can see why we need a stove, because we will be making/baking Christmas goodies to go along with the hot cider. We have a wonderful DVD of children in a snowy area singing the carols, with the words on the bottom of the screen, while they are in different places, ie: on a sleigh ride, outside at a church, etc. We would certainly appreciate your prayers for this time that those who come will be blessed as we kick off the Christmas Season singing.

Yesterday was a red letter day, we actually went to a yard/garage on the base. The base was selling off some excess household items such as pots/pans, lamps, dvd & cd players, blankets, carpets, etc. We scored big time and got close to $300-$350 worth of goods for about $56. That's better than an e-ticket ride @ Disneyland(if you remember those). Even got a huge rug. What we really need most now is a refrigerator because some of the young guys we have met are asking when we are going to start opening our home for biblestudy and fellowship. Of course that can't be done without some type of food for the body as well. That really encourages us, like confirming what we felt God sent us here to do. We will be inviting people over for fellowship during the holidays and then begin bible study in January.

If anyone would like to send Christmas cards to the 'troops' here now is the time to start thinking about it. More information will be forthcoming soon on this matter.

Thanks for your love and prayers!

Pictures of the New Place

At last, here are pictures of our new home in Greece. As you can see, we haven't moved in yet, but we should by the end of the month. The house is now painted yellow. The man in the picture is our landlord and he is getting ready to paint.

Greetings from the island of Crete where it is now getting cooler but still nice when the sun is out even though we have had our first snow of the year in the mountains. Most of it is gone now though because of the rain and sun. Soon we will have some pictures of our house, city of Chania, and the surrounding area posted for you to see.
Last night, Nov. 8th, on the way home from bible study we came around a curve in the road and low and behold there was a whole flock of sheep just lying in the road. Their eyes gleamed in the headlights, kind of eerie, looking at us as if to say "what are you doing in our house". Blowing the horn didn't seem to move them too much, so had to just gradually drive forward and then they began to move out of the way. One of my Godsons, Scott who is a fireman, wrote back and said "should try it with a firetruck, air horns, and deer in the road. Lots of fun." Guess some situations never change - just the participants. Sorta like Christianity, huh!
Blessings be upon you.