Morley Update 2011 #17

Everyone,

Several people have asked about the recent rioting in Greece. Greeks are very unhappy right now about the austerity measures and demonstrations happen weekly sometimes daily. Often these demonstrations can get out of hand as happened on Wednesday. We usually know in advance when something like this is planned and avoid the downtown area. We had planned a prayer day for Wednesday but since the demonstrations coincided with our time decided not to meet downtown. Since there were also some transportation strikes that day we did something a little different than our usual corporate prayer day. I was in charge of prayer day this month and I made up a prayer guide for everyone to do on their own. It required an hour to two hours to complete and I asked everyone to be committed to spending that time. It was a blessing for me and for several others on the team in several ways. It seems like everyone right now is feeling a bit stressed and overextended. This week almost all the women on the team are at family camp so we are short handed. Several people have other issues that add to the stress. Our team leader and his wife have gone back to the USA for a month because Kristin's father is not expected to recover from the stroke he had recently. Please uphold them in prayer. Kent
is the team leader while Brett is gone and we were in the midst of finishing up our resident permit papers (praise the Lord we got it done today!) plus we have had quite a few people in and out of the house with two interns staying with us and a short term team here. Ilir and Kate (Ilir is also on the leadership team) are in the process of moving and all the stress and time that goes along with that. Michalis and Ritsa are trying to finish a remodel on their house plus they are attending a mission conference this week and still raising their support. Nader's wife Ella is in the Philippines to help her children for a while and Nader came down with food poisoning and was very ill over the weekend. Scott and Vic are trying to get some official paperwork done so they can hopefully register Ellie in a special school and on and on. As you can see this team is running of fumes right now so we are very grateful for your prayers that uphold us. I can't speak for the rest of the team but it was VERY good for me to spend some quiet time with the Lord on Wednesday morning.

I mentioned that Kent was serving as team leader during Brett's absence. There has been a change in leadership and for the time being Brett and Kent are co-leaders. Brett is continuing to handle the day to day ministry side of things and Kent is in charge of team life and serves as the team pastor. Our Greek board of Helping Hands is actively seeking a new director to handle the day to day side of things and when this happens Brett will step out of leadership and Kent will become the International Teams Team Leader . For the moment little has changed because Kent was already fulfilling this role of team pastor. We will take the rest step by step as the Lord provides and would ask you to be praying with us that the right director will be found at the right time.

Kent had a good week at camp. He deepened relationships with a couple guys he already knew and formed some new ones. He is continuing to help teach the new believers class on Tuesday nights and the seekers/believers class on Saturday afternoons.

I realize that this letter is a bit long on prayer needs and short on exciting stories but sometimes that is what ministry is all about. "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
Galatians 6:9 Thank you for being our partners in this work, we truly could not do it without you.

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