Today we began the work with the children. Things are set up and we have no idea what we are up to. I have yet to meet the guy we are working with, but hopefully this morning we can get our plan together – I love it when I don’t have a plan, yeah right. Well, sure enough, we met this guy from Detroit son of a Greek woman with a Slavic father who spoke very good English and Greek. He is with Child Evangelism Fellowship. He has all the plans for the morning set, so we just need to follow his lead. That’s exactly what we did. He sang songs with the kids, he taught the story, and we sat next to the children and helped keep their attention facing in the right direction. Then we played a game with the kids – he had 4 corners – one was food names, soccer team names, clothing, and something else at the final corner. Anyway, he would say a word that associated with one of the corners and the kids had to run to that corner, last one there was out – the kids seemed to enjoy it.
At noon we headed off to see King Phillip’s grave (king of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great). Costas told us it was the second greatest find of the 20th century, just uncovered in the past 40 years. It held 2 tombs encasing 3 people – Phillip and his 8th wife (the other 7 chose not to be killed/buried with him) and Alexander the Great’s son (who was killed - with his mother and grandmother - at the age of 16 by his successor). Both tombs held gold items, ivory carvings, etc. It was very cool.
From there we traveled to a Monastery near Berea, and it was closed. Very cool views from the mountain it was on, and the trail right behind it lead to some really neat waterfalls. It was a very cool trip. We were able also to see the city of Berea from a distance, but ran short on time. We ended up heading back for the evening service.
The evening service was a little longer, and we were given a little more responsibility. Paul did a brief magic trick with his magic coloring book. The kids enjoyed it. Then we played elbow tag – if you’ve never played just ask and I will tell you all about it. We had a great time with the kids.
After dinner we decided to head back to the hotel, but before we went some of the team grabbed ice cream at the snack shack right next to the soccer field. Lawson and I decided to play some soccer and Tony became our goalie. About an hour and a half later, our team of 4 decisively defeated the team of about 10-12 others. Of course our youngest member was 14 and their oldest was 12, but whose counting. Winning is winning. Seriously, I think it was the best thing we could for tomorrow – either the kids we were working with were playing or watching – tomorrow should be more interactive with the kids because we played with them tonight.
On the way back to the hotel Lawson, Tony and I jumped into the Sea – yes, in our regular clothes, but they were already wet from the sweat. It was very refreshing. Then we walked back home. God is good – it was another great day of ministry in Greece. Only 2 left and we head home on Tuesday. I am ready to see the family again – I missed them on skype today. Tomorrow is more ministry with the kids.
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