After a 5 hour delay to our flight and a bunch of “pity food” that O’Hare gave us because they wanted to calm the people, we finally arrived in Greece! To get to preveza, we had to drive vans all the way from Athens. We were able to see a lot of the countryside and coast which was kind of awesome because it was all so beautiful.
We then had kind of a chill day on Monday. We woke up and walked down the road to see some ruins. It was a little morning adventure. We then got lunch down the street and it was incredible because we were right down by the coast.
We then went and did some final registration for O.J. and ate dinner at the camp ground as well. After dinner we all met together and the founder of operation Joshua talked and we all worshiped together. It was kind of incredible and just a whole different experience with the different languages. It was moving in a way and we were all unified and able to celebrate Jesus together. We met some awesome new people! Including some little Greek boys who taught us some Greek that we were testing out later at a local ice cream place.
The next day, we had orientation in the morning and learned more about how we were going to distribute bibles. We learned some Greek words as well! Ine Doro: a gift. The spelling is definitely wrong but that’s how you pronounce it. We then had a break so my group went to the beach and played some Monopoly deal. Later that night, we came back, had more worship together, and listened to another message. During the message we realized the ruins we visited the other day was a town that Paul was in!
Tomorrow we start Bible distribution and we meet our translators tomorrow! Hopefully the melatonin kicks in soon because I still have jet lag.
A Glass of O.J. in Greece 