Morley Update 2011 #1

Everyone,
I apologize for being so slow in getting out updates. Our schedule has been packed and our internet access sketchy. I have had a lot of short term team and intern emails to take care of when I have been able to be online and haven't seemed to be able to get to an update.

Our visit to the embassy in SF went well. We still didn't have the reply from our FBI check and had also forgotten to get a release from a doctor about communicable diseases. The man we met with gave us a lecture on our stupidity for letting our residence papers lapse and a second lecture about why our insurance should not have been accepted. This is typical for a Greek bureaucrat wanting to assert their authority and we just agreed with him that we were stupid and let him lecture. After he had finished taking our paper work without even really looking at it he asked when we wanted to pick up our visas. We told him we would be back through the end of February and he said he would have them ready and in the passports but if we didn't have our doctor reports and FBI check he would void them. Please continue to pray that our FBI check comes soon.

We have started our rounds of speaking engagements. We spoke for both Sunday School and Church at our home church of Elmira on Sunday. It was good to see everyone and the church had outfitted the parsonage so we would have our own place during our stay. It was SO nice to unpack all our clothes and settle in for a while. I am also REALLY enjoying turning on a tap and have HOT water any time I want! It is one of my favorite things about being in America. With all this hot water Kent and I have been able to up our personal hygiene standards which are very different here than when we are going to the ARC every day. In Greece we shower every few days and wear the same tea and bleach stained clothes all week. When I am at the ARC I tie my hair back and don't wear makeup. It has been fun to choose a different outfit, put on make up and wear my hair down.

We spoke on Thursday at a church in Eugene to a Seniors group. We will be in the Seattle area for a week starting next weekend. We speak at Central Christian Church in Snohomish on Sunday the 30th. They are faithful supporters and we look forward to getting reacquainted with the people there. We will come back down to the Portland area the weekend of the 6th to attend church at Willamette Christian another of our supporting churches and meet with their missions committee the following day. We have another missions committee meeting on the 10th and will speak either the 13th or 20th at Bethany in Franklin which is near Elmira. I believe we will be in Willamina the morning of Feb. 27th (I am waiting for confirmation) and then at Turner in the Salem area that evening. We head back to CA on the Feb. 28th.

We have one less speaking engagement that we thought we would have due to the sad news that one of our supporting churches was closing its doors. We are so sorry to have this happen because we had grown to love the congregation there. This also affects us financially as they were providing 400 dollars a month of our support. We believe that the Lord will be faithful to replace this but we would ask you to pray about whether the Lord would want you to become part of our team with monthly support. If you would like to do this you can follow the link at the bottom of the page to give online or send support to the address for International Teams below. Be sure to designate this for the Ministry of Kent and Myrna Morley and indicate whether this is a one time gift or monthly support.

I have one other prayer request. Our friend Dr. Joseph has not heard from his family for the last month. This is very nerve wracking for him and even more so as a couple of months ago a friend who had been helping to move them about in hiding was shot and killed by the Taliban. Please pray that he will get word soon that his family is safe and continue to pray that he will get asylum and that he will be able to get his wife and children out of Pakistan so they can be reunited. Time is flying by and I can't believe we have been in the states for a month already. We look forward to seeing some of you in our travels and we look forward to returning to Greece and continuing with the work God has given us. Thank you for all your support and love.

Serving Him Together,
Kent and Myrna Morley
Tripoleos 76
Elliniko 16777
Athens Greece
011 30 210 96 38 625
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