Morley Update 2013 #13

Everyone,

It's Thursday evening here and I just realized I hadn't written my update which I usually do Thursday morning. Kent is on a conference call. He has a couple of these a month with some other people who are in leadership in IT and are doing a leadership class together. They have homework and then meet together via the computer. It's been good for him but it is a big commitment of time in addition to his other leadership responsibilities and ministry schedule. I spent my day working on a power point presentation for when we are home. I have put in many hours on it already and today was hoping to just add the sound and be done. However after many frustrating hours I found that Power Point is not equipped to do what I want, which is to have the sound volume controlled on individual slides with music and voice overs. This means I am now trying to decide whether to just start over in a different program or try to import what I have already done and make adjustments. I am not very tech savvy so it can be a real challenge.

We started our new schedule this week and so far it is going well. Kent really enjoyed the men's day. Instead of 130 guys they are having 20 guys for a meal and Bible Study afterwards. He said it was so nice to feel like he had time to really connect with the guys rather than just working in the kitchen or running around trying to see that everyone is taken care of.

We have had a family (husband, wife and three kids) staying with us this week. They are from Finland but have been working in Afghanistan the last 4 years. We have been communicating with them about the possibility of joining our team and they came to see the work in person and to get to know us and for us to get to know them. They are a great family and we have really enjoyed them. The jumped right in to ministry and have been very impressed with what they have seen. At this point it looks like they will be joining the team near the end of August. Because they are EU citizens they won't have to worry about going through the Visa process which is a BIG plus. They are going to live in our house while they look for a place and may or may not still be in it when we return in October. They go back to Afghanistan tomorrow to finish out their term and will spend the summer in Finland. We look forward to their return!

On Saturdays during tea house Kent has been doing laundry for some of the fathers who are here with their kids but whose wives have gone on to other countries to try and get asylum. He said this week when he gave one of the dads his clothes, the man asked "V" our refugee friend who does a lot of translating for us to help him talk to Kent. Through "V" he told Kent that he wanted him to know how much it meant to him and how much he appreciated Kent doing his laundry for him. He said that it made him want to listen to the messages about Jesus more because he could see that Kent really was different and really cared about him. Later "V" was saying to Kent "This really is so important. Many people talk like they are wonderful Christians but they don't treat people any better than non Christians do." He said "These people are watching to see if this really makes a difference in your life."

I can't believe it is less than three weeks until we leave for the USA. We are beginning to get a few things checked off of our "to do" list but it seems like as soon as I check something off something comes up that we need to add. I know it will all get done but it would be nice to see the list shrinking a little more. I finally bought our tickets this week - we leave Greece on April 16th and return on October 16th. Our calendar of speaking engagements is shaping up but we still have openings if you would like to have us speak at your church, small group or ??? We are looking forward to a couple of class reunions and seeing some "old" friends as well as spending time with our families. I have some doctor appointments scheduled and we both plan to keep up with some of our ministry responsibilities while we are away so we should be able to stay busy. We look forward to reconnecting with many of you as well. Thank you once again for all you do to support us.

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