July 15, 2008

Dear Friends,

         The summer is flying by here. It is already July. Here in Greece summer is all about tourism and staying cool, when most days it is at least 100 degrees outside. Summer is a tough time for any church, school being out, families going on vacation and special holiday celebrations. Here in Athens, people just don’t go on vacation, people actually move out of the city all together for the summer. However, the Lord has blessed and sent great godly friends from the states to be an encouragement and renew our spirits. We were able to go with them and evangelize in the northern cities of Greece., passing out thousands of tracts.

          Thank you for your prayers concerning the state of the dollar exchange rate. The Lord has blessed; it has stopped falling and has leveled off at about 1.57-1.60. However, we still have that eerie eye-of the storm feeling. Please continue to pray as we are still in desperate need of support.

          Amalia has grown so much. She is eight months old now. She has six teeth. She is crawling and will definitely be walking soon. The first thing she did when she figured out how to crawl was to go to the couch and pulled herself up to stand.

          Please pray for us, we have a new ministry opportunity that Lord willing will come to fruition by the end of the summer. Please pray that the Lord will give us wisdom and open the doors before us. God is so good and we look forward to the great and mighty works that he will do here.

Thank you for your prayers!
 
Serving together for His glory,

James, Cristina, and Amalia Sinde