mountain escape...

I had the chance to vacate the city for a few days last wk and escape to a small village sandwiched between the sea on one side and Mt. Olympus on the other. A perfect scenario really. Greece is beautiful just outside of Athens! ;)

We have a new team member! Annette hails from Australia and plans to be with Nea Zoi for two years. She has already started jumping headfirst into relationships with the women she's met on Outreach. Today she is meeting with two girls from Nigeria to start lessons in English reading/writing. These girls speak English but didn't have the chance to go to school. So, although we don't have experience teaching, we figured we could start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.....

Please pray for these sweet girls, Kelly & Kora. Kelly came to Athens to do this work...but she "didn't know it'd be like this." She does it to support her 4 younger siblings and Mom at home, as there is no work in Nigeria. She also signed over the deeds to her family's house when she came. She will supposedly get it back when she pays off her €50,000 debt to her trafficker. (...because a plane ticket from Nigeria costs €50,000 ??!??!???! ) But, since she can't read, what did she really sign?? As so many of the girls do, Kora has a similar story.

Please pray for wisdom for Annette today and pray that this is a start of friendship that God can use to lend hope, mercy, options and new opportunities.

"It was for freedom that Christ set us free...." Gal 5