September 28, 2004
Dear Friends,
Athens 2004 Olympics was a great success. In spite of all the bad
reports about Greece not ever going to be ready and not be able to
pull it off, Greece did a fantastic job in hosting the Olympics and it
became the model for other small countries such as this to be future hosts.
The Olympics is an opportunity for evangelism, many religious groups from
all over the world get involved in reaching the peoples of the world in this
event and so did we.
We met with Bro. Feghaly
who put together a group of 110 people to come and help us evangelize the
Olympics 2004. They brought 165,000 tracts in various languages, and David
Hardin with Bible Project brought 25,000 Romans and Johns in English and
Greek. Suburban Baptist Church of Moore, OK helped us order 65,000 Greek
tracts and Pond Hill Baptist Church in North Haven, CT sent us several boxes
with 20,000 tracts and Romans and Johns that they printed and put together.
Broadway Baptist Church in Sweetwater, TX and TriCity Baptist Glenstone, OR
also sent a love offering for Tracts. We thank each one of you for your love
and burden, and to all that took part in bringing us before the throne of
Grace, fighting for the souls of men in Greece.
The Evangelism Team, Global Outreach or GO Athens 2004 went out everyday
into the
streets of Athens and passed out over 250,000 tracts in both Greek and
English and some other languages, over 30,000 Romans and Johns and New
Testaments in Greek. We were out on the streets for 6 hours at a time; the
team was excited and ready to do the Lord’s work. Many times we were stopped
by the Police and we had to move on not to cause any disturbance. We were a
crowd of 130 in Team T- Shirts, so the Police were afraid to cause any
trouble and start up a riot and get a bad report, so for the most part they
were diplomatic and insisted that since we did not have a permit we could
not continue to pass out any more literature. Where is the freedom of
religion in this country?
One man caused so much trouble while we passed out tracts at the Train
Station in the port of Pireas, that they brought both the police and the
undercover security to the scene. After seeing that we were not disturbing
anyone but were passing out free Greek Bibles, the man that called for the
police was taken to the station for causing trouble. Praise the Lord.
Another incident, right in the heart of the city of Athens, took place when
we were gathered and singing in the corner of the busy street of the
Constitution Square. One man made phone call and a dozen police showed up to
the scene. In spite of the commotion, the choir continued to sing, while
people were gathering to hear and take the literature. Finally one of the
authorities said, “If you sing in Greek instead of English you can stay.” So
we did and the police left. Praise the Lord for His protection.
We give God the Glory for the 15 that got saved. However, It is with great
sorrow that I tell you that with all the literature passed out within 10
days, we received only 6 phone calls, only 3 replied the request cards, and
only one that got saved (led by our daughter Cristina) has been coming to
church since. Please continue to pray that more will respond. Continue to
pray for the Greek people who call themselves Christians yet don’t know
Christ; their hearts have been hardened and they don’t want to hear the
truth.
Laboring together till Jesus comes,
George and Luisa Dimakos
(
(30 210)
93 17 223 )Email:
dimakos@hol.gr
