Dear Friends: To view this in your browser click here We hope this update finds you well. We have been in Greece now for five months and we would lie if we said that we do not miss seeing you and having you part of our life. However, we are grateful that we have this opportunity to serve the Lord here in Greece and get to deepen our relationship with you as we partner together in reaching the Greek people with God's love. First day of School! Our girls are so excited! We just recently wrapped up a busy and fruitful summer which included a two month (once a week) VBS as well as the youth camp. For the VBS we had the opportunity to teach the bible lessons, art lessons, do puppet shows and Stephen got to play some pretty fun games with the guys. While the kids learned new things and had a blast the most important thing is that they got to know more about Jesus and 16 accepted Jesus in their heart for the first time and two received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Loads of fun at VBS. Art and crafts (Top Left) Human Foosball (Top Right) Evangelia teaching the lesson (Bottom Left) Group photo (Bottom Right) Puppet Show with Mickey and Donald Games with the boys. (Left) Water balloons (Right) Chubby Bunny Camp was a week packed with teaching, worship and ministry to the youth. Many brand new believing youth got to experience the presence of God in a special way. There were 4 salvations, 7 baptised in water, 10 baptised with the Holy Spirit. Both of us had the opportunity to get to know the youth better and start building relationships. What is exciting is that the youth guys had so many questions in their cabin meetings that a small group bible study started from there to help address the questions the guys had. Stephen meets with a mix of junior high, high school and young adults every Friday to explore what God's word has to say about the many questions that they have. Worship time at Youth Camp Through generous gifts the national work in Greece was able to get their very own mobile missions press!!! Pastor George has had in his heart to print 11,000,000 (reflection on the population of Greece) bookmark sized good wishes. There are forty different statements that are along these lines "When your circumstances are hopeless, look to God for everything. There you will find the help you seek". The mobile press has already been used to print many of those already as well as give the church the opportunity to print many other materials that were not possible before. It's a marvellous answer to prayer! On September 23 we are going to launch the first of four sessions we are going to do this school year to reach the community around the church. We will offer English lessons for the first session on Wednesday and Thursday and do a mommy and me class on Fridays. We are excited to have this opportunity to love the community and meet at least one of the many needs. Personally we've been taking the time it needs to adjust and learn the culture and language. Our area missionary with Foursquare missions gave us the gift of a retreat that was a much needed time 'away' and we also had the opportunity to meet other missionaries that are close by and be encouraged. Thank you for praying and for giving for the VBS, the camp and for us. We are blessed to see how God is moving and making a way and allowing us to love people with His love. We value our partnership and want you to know that we pray for you too. In His Great Love, Stephen and Evangelia .Prayer Requests:
Thank you for being a part of our team both prayerfully and financially. We cannot do this without you. 100% of Every Donation Goes Directly to Reach Greece! For those who would like to give or to setup monthly giving click on the link https://www.foursquaremissions.org/donate/people/larkin-stephen-and-evangelia/ Then follow the prompts to donating online. For checks on the memo line write: "Greece Led By Larkins" and make Checks out to: Foursquare Missions International PO Box 26776 Los Angeles, CA 90026 God bless you.
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Larkins In Greece