John thanks the Lord for a very good trip to Italy and Greece with "D". He feels he has more clarity re future ministry and what it means and looks like.
D is an Apostle on the Refugee Highway with lighthouses (His word) all along the highway. Greece is a very unique opportunity for the Gospel to M___s from the 10/40 window. Perhaps one of the most wide open doors because entire families are there and receive little help or attention. They are a captive audience. Children cannot go to school.
Rent is cheap for places to do set up Christian schools, refugee centers, etc. We visited 3 Christian refugee centers in Athens. No refugee centers exist in Patras except one Greek church who provide one meal a month.
D wants us to teach storying to hundreds of Iranian and other youth in August. Some will even sneak here from Iran. He wants us to train some of his key leaders as well as his wife, daughter and others in Greece and unleash them to do the stories right there in Greece while we are there.
The final thoughts John received from Greece is it is a place where whole families are captive audiences for the Gospel. One of the centers run by Koreans wants to have a school for kids. They have a 3 story building but one full time staff. They pleading for help. They have funding from Korea but no workers. All that, and then there is Patras, where there is nothing!
Pray with us about going to Greece in March or April, 2012 then also to Italy in August, 2012.
