Mission Week 9

This week we continue to learn the basics of the mission office. We have many responsibilities from transportation to office work. We keep track of financial expenses and with a little help, we finally figured out the German phone system in the office. Before this week we had the departing office couple here to help us out, but they are gone now so we are doing this on our own. There is a lot of work to do, and although we are not as efficient as we hope to become, it seems like we are slowly learning what we need to do. The most important thing we are learning is that, even though there is much we do not know, the Lord can use us to further His work here in Greece, despite our knowledge of the culture. That is a comforting thought.

Despite what you may see on the news of the unrest in Greece, we are well and safe here. We live in a suburb of Athens and it is away from the strikes and we feel safe here. The missionaries are instructed to avoid the demonstration areas, and because the locations of the strikes are announced, it is easy to stay away. So although the strikes may continue, we are doing fine in our duties in the mission office.