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September 2009

Dear Friends,

The months of July and August were hot and quiet in Athens, as half of the population left for the mountains and islands looking for rest and relaxation, which makes it so much easier to get around, but, most of our people in church were gone also, so we looked anxiously for their return.

Two weeks before the end of summer, fires erupted on the mountain near our house, which destroyed 220,000 acres, 80 homes destroyed, and 200 damaged. The government offered paid days for people not to return to their homes so that they could get the fires under control. Soon as the fires were under control, two earthquakes under 5.0 in the Richter scale shook the city, but not their hearts. Then a storm system moved in causing floods to the areas that had suffered fire damages last year, causing one billion dollar damages with the loss of 2 lives. In the midst of this there was a terrorist attack to the stock market building, raising the political thermostat. All of this chaos in the country caused them to call for early elections.

In spite of all this, we continued to evangelize Athens, Patra, and Corinth. Our evangelism partner and friend Leonardo, the 92 year old man, after several people took New Testaments said this, “We unleashed a heavy attack on darkness this morning, and God showed us favor.” Now we begin to handout devotional calendars all the way till Christmas. Our church is doing good, seeing growth in the English services. We have had several new visitors. Ladies Bible studies resumed this week, one for the English and another for the Greek. James is doing a good job teaching the adult English Sunday School while Cristina teaches the little ones; Amalia is growing in leaps and bounds, she is a blessing to have around

We continue our involvement with the refugee center which feeds 400 weekly. Izzat is doing a good job with the Arabic night there, which now is running 45 people. The Persian church is doing good and pastor Yousef desires to start a Bible Institute to train these believers before they move on to the West. We are also starting a Bible study for the Persian ladies; please keep this in your prayers.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice and weep with them that weep (Rom 12: 15). At the conclusion of the summer, we rejoiced with Pana and Amber (Izzat and Rita’s son) who had a beautiful wedding in the island of Zakynthos, and the gospel was preached to many of the relatives and friends. That same day, we wept with Taki had April who lost their baby, born full term, please keep them in your prayers and that their testimony in the village may lead many to the Lord.

Laboring Together Till Jesus Comes, Dr. George and Luisa Dimakos

Kekropos 4, Marousi 15126, Athens GREECE    1 412 223 2565