Arriving in Athens

After about a day and a half of traveling, our team of 8 guys from the states arrived in Athens on time and with all our bags. We were met at the airport by Ryan, who will be our main point of contact for the week and does humanitarian aid work in Athens including running a refugee center. Over some amazing gyros, Ryan gave us further details about the groups of men that we’ll be meeting with. He also briefed Nate, Josh, and Dave on the 3 churches where they will be preaching on Sunday. Nate will be preaching two services at Saint Andrews Church which is an English speaking congregation that will be a large mix of African, Pilipino, Greeks, and other nationalities. Josh will be speaking at Athens Bible Baptist’s Greek service, and Dave will be preaching the following Arabic service at the same church. Additionally, Tom will be at a Farsi-speaking service held at the refugee center and will share briefly about his story and also what our team is doing this week. The rest of us will split up and attend these various services. We should have Sunday afternoon and evening to prepare for our first day of sessions with all the various groups on Monday.

For now, we’re all anxious to get some sleep and work off the jet-lag, but it’s good to be here and we’re excited for what God has in store for the week ahead. Thank you for your prayers and support.