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April 26, 2012 Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord We send you greetings from Athens!! May the Lord continue to bless you as you serve Him in your Churches, families, and ministries, even at the workplace or schools! We would like to share with you the latest news from our ministries since January.
YOUTH CENTER SFINA

The Youth Center continues serving our neighborhood on Fridays and Saturdays. In the picture you see a brother named Manos, giving his testimony and singing hymns to the children. Manos has been a member of a well-known music band back in the 90s. The Lord changed Manos and know hes producing Christian music. He s attending a nearby Pentecostal Church, but also serves with us very often.

MEALS
The ministry of the meals is also growing. We changed a bit our strategy. We switched to two times a week (Mondays and Thursdays, 12-1 p.m.) and we give approximately 130 meals each time. So we give about 1000 meals per month. The Bible Study still continues. Please pray for Angelo, Dimitri, Michael, Antonis, Giannis (from Greece), Fetouris (from Egypt), Adam (from Romania). Most of them come very steadily at the Bible Study. We are very glad when we see that Angelo and Fetouris start coming to Church. We also praise the Lord because it seems that we will be able to build a much better kitchen inside our Church so we can cook food right there, instead of having to pick up the food from the homes of those who prepare it. When this is completed we will also

be able to increase the number of days we distribute meals. Praise the Lord for that. Please, continue to pray that we will be also able to rent a place to host extra activities for our friends!1 Also, our Church baptized 3 Iranian believers who come to our Church, through the Helping Hands ministry. Now, our Church has about 10 Iranian brothers who join us every Sunday morning for the worship service. We pray and hope that our Church will be a blessing to them.

SPORTS CLINICS AT THE LOCAL PLAYGROUND

During the week right after Easter (April 17-20) the Youth Group continued to prepare games for the neighborhood children at the local playground. This has become a wonderful tradition for us, that helps us cultivate the relationship, create new friendships, and also give opportunities to Church kids to grow in their faith. This year we were also joined by a number of Albanian Children, through the ministry of Porta (it means door in both Greek and Albanian). Porta ministers in our neighborhood among the Albanians in a variety of ways. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (JUNE 18-22) Please pray as we prepare for the 9th VBS in a few weeks. This years theme is Can you count the stars? We will study five incidents from the life of the father of faith, Abraham. Herewith you can see the invitation and banner we are preparing! We thank the Lord for your encouragement and partnership with us in the ministry of the gospel here in Athens. May our Lord renew you daily as you serve Him, by His Word and Holy Spirit! Prayerfully in Christ On behalf of the Elders and the congregation of The Second Greek Evangelical Church of Athens Rev. Georgios Adam , Pastor
1 One can read about our efforts also at: