Day 7 and 8

We are back to distributing bibles after a day of rest! Distribution went pretty well for our van! We split a large town with four other vans. People in the town were generally nice to us and those who didn’t want their gift just politely declined. However, our translators seem pretty tired and worn out. They take all the yelling from the Greek people because we can’t understand. One of the translators in the other van is around 13 and on her day off she just slept in her tent because she felt so exhausted from getting yelled at the previous day in the blitz.

Day 8. We had a lot of villages between the orchard vans and it was a tough day. Our van had a lot of bibles to hand out and it was really hilly. We were very worn out by the sun and the hiking. At the end of distribution a man in his cafe invited us in for free drinks and watermelon.

Then we met the other van before heading off to another village together. There were a lot of Greek men sitting in the cafe so Viky was able to share the gospel with about 7 people which was awesome, but she had some tough conversations so we were proud of her. The other van had a really rough day as well. The first village they went to, two of their members were being held “hostage” by some old lady’s. Other people were trying to push the van out of the village so they left as quick as they could. Then the second village the priest came up to them and started yelling at them, calling them heretics. The priest made them leave that town as well. In Greece, the priests like to have authority and when they see us come in even if we are handing out their bibles that have an orthodox stamp on them, they are still very angry. However, the last village went very well. There was another great cafe where our translators were able to share the gospel with a lot of people as well. A different group was taken in to the police and brought to the station, but their translator was able to share the gospel with the police officers through a phone call with her dad! One of the officers pulled the translator aside for more “questioning” away from the other officers, but just wanted to tell her he was intrigued and wanted to learn more so he gave her his number. Praise the Lord. Our last day is tomorrow and we have another blitz in a big city. This time it is everyone in one city though.