Morley Update 2011 #3

Everyone-



I am sorry my updates have been so few and far between while in the states. Our internet has remained sketchy and I no longer have a normal schedule where I know when I sit down and write. We have been VERY busy speaking and connecting with friends, family and supporters. While we have enjoyed this and love to tell others about the work in Greece - we have found this to be very emotionally draining. While at work it is easy to get into a routine and though we have days when we feel frustrated and sad for people we are somehow able to balance that with the fun little things we do and the joy of watching God transform lives. One of the presentations we are doing in America is a collection of snippets of the hardships refugees face and how they came to Greece. Because these are all real people that we know, this dredges up emotions in us that we are sometimes able to put aside in the daily routine of work in Athens. I have also tried to balance staying on top of short term teams and individuals while here which at times had been difficult. Kent and I are both ready to be "home" and back to the work God has for us. Please pray for us that we finish our time here well before we head back.



We have two more speaking engagements on Sunday the 27th (morning at Willamina, evening at Turner) and then will leave OR on the 28th and head back to southern CA. We will stop in San Francisco to pick up our visa which should be all ready for us. After spending a few days with Kent's dad we head for Chicago. We will spend three days at International Teams headquarters in Elgin (March 8-10) and fly back to MA on the 11th to spend a little more time with our kids and grandkids there. We leave MA on the 17th of March and arrive back in Greece on the 18th.



While we look forward to returning home to Greece we are always torn to be leaving behind our family and friends here. I realize that from now on, wherever we are, a bit of our heart will always be somewhere else. Isn't that the way it will always be for Christians? My personal reading has been in Acts lately and it has been interesting to follow the missionary journeys of Paul throughout the region in which we now find ourselves. When Paul writes letters to the churches he establishes during these journeys, he is always torn between his love for the people he has ministered to (and his desire to see them again) and the knowledge that God is directing his steps to put him exactly where God wants him to be at that time. Of course ultimately his dilemma is even greater than that as he writes in Philippians 1:21-24. "For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. For if I am to go on living in the flesh it will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two; I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body". As Christians we will always live knowing that this is not our final destination. But while we are here on earth "home" is wherever God takes us and we are so thankful to your part in helping us to continue to be at home in Greece. We have enjoyed seeing many of you during our time here in the states and look forward to seeing more of you in the next few weeks. Thank you for all you do for us.



Serving Him Together,
Kent and Myrna Morley
Tripoleos 76
Elliniko 16777
Athens Greece
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