Morley Update 2013 #31

Everyone -



It was a good week. Friday was one of those days when I think - THIS is why I love what I do. We had a great day in the kids room. We started out with playing some games, then singing some Farsi songs and having a lesson from the wordless book. We watched a video of the miracles of Jesus (it seemed funny to me because the audio was in Finnish but to the kids it didn't matter because they can't understand anyway) Liisa translated into Farsi. After that we set up to do a craft. We had several new families that day and one of the girls was in our class and seemed very happy to be there. She was not quite finished with her craft when her parents came to get her to leave. She wanted to finish and often parents are insensitive to this and will just make their children leave anyway but they told her to finish while they waited. We were helping her to hurry and we encouraging her sayng "Khali zeba" (very pretty) and "ah fa reem" (good job). Her parents seemed so happy that we were helping her. When she finished Liisa told them in Dari that she could either take it home or leave it on the wall (most kids leave theirs) they said "Take it home!". They seemed so happy and grateful with all we did and kept saying "Tashacoor" (thank you) as they left.



After the children's room closed I had a chance to sit with some of the women (which I don't get to do very often). I was trying to practice some of my Farsi (often much to their amusement). I know the words for "sit down" "listen" and "be quiet" from working in the kids room. Tasha was doing something crazy and I said to her in a fairly loud harsh voice "Bishi, Goosh Ga, Sarket!" I looked up and several men around the room were looking over to see what in the world was going on in the women's corner - we got a good laugh out of that.



This week Dr. J went on an out of town trip for a few days and when Kent took him to the airport he asked Kent if S and the kids could maybe stay with us because she hadn't been feeling very well and was a bit nervous about being alone. Our house is full right now (we have two intern girls staying with us) so we called our pastor who lives at a sports center (think playground, soccer fields etc) to see if maybe she could stay with them. Fotis, our pastor was gone but his wife Mary felt the Lord asking her to have S come anyway so Kent picked her and the children up after school and took them there. Mary said that the Lord's hand was really in it because she had forgotten that they had a family from India staying there as well and the wife and S spoke the same language and spent quite some time talking. The other couple also had a little girl so the children had a wonderful time playing together. God is good - please keep praying for Dr. J and S.



We had a busy weekend getting ready for and welcoming a short term team. They are a church called Glad Tidings from Omaha Nebraska and come each year about this time. The team leaders are the same so they know what they are doing and it makes it very easy for us. They are a great team and spent their first day with jet lag doing a bunch of heavy duty cleaning and clothes sorting.



We are gearing up for our Christmas programs which are coming up the first week in December. This is such a great time to share with refugees who might not normally stay to hear the message on a Tuesday who Jesus is and why He came. Along with their other small gifts the adults receive the Jesus DVD in Farsi and the children will have a coloring book with the Christmas Story in Farsi. If you want to donate toward our Christmas programs or towards sleeping bags for the winter please see To join our support team: at the bottom of this page and follow the instructions except instead of designating for the ministry of Kent and Myrna Morley designate Helping Hands Athens - Christmas OR Helping Hands Athens - Sleeping Bags.



Thank you so much for your prayers and support, we are so blessed to have such a wonderful extended team. We could not do it without you.


Serving Him Together,

Kent and Myrna Morley
Tripoleos 76
Elliniko 16777
Athens Greece
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