04.07.09
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 7:47 am
Well, this is Amy French signing in, an American from Blacksburg, Virginia here to serve in the church in Thessaloniki. And while I’m not taking Hanna’s place, I am here to take over the blog. I’ve already been here for a little over 5 months, and it’s been a blessing to believe, hope for, stand with, and work alongside this crew. More and more I find myself loving this family, and being loved, both by them and my Father. So much has taken place since the last update.
Hanna has made it safely to Australia and I’m sure is taking it by storm. She is greatly missed. I stepped in as co-leader of worship, alongside Annika. And while I’m learning to sing in Greek, they smile at me because I still sing like a folky southerner, and not at all like a Greek. Our team is growing, both in skill and in relationship, which I think preceeds ministry any day. I’ve seen many obstacles overcome…and slowly, slowly I feel we’re really being knit together in depth of love.
Recently, we had a group from America, a very prophetic team who ministered to the body here and in Skopje. It was a powerful time, and the little building in Thessaloniki was packed out. I would say many people experienced the Lord in a personal way, whether through words given, or prayers prayed, or just by His presence in the room. Then, the team did some equipping in Skopje with the guys from Glasnost, and on to Lebanon they went.
There are several new people in the church, and it’s cool to watch (as the entire body works together) the church taking form, growing, and infiltrating a society. This upcoming Saturday we will join a group of Armenians to do some evangelism out in the city. Then, the following week we will show “the Passion” on a movie night as Easter approaches. This is an event to invite your friends to…so hop a plane and join us at 7pm.
We will have a team here from my stomping ground in about a month. I’m especially excited to see them. They will do a lot of street evangelism through worship, dance, and drama.
I am living with Jana, a woman from Latvia who briefly lived with Hanna. God provided an apartment and furniture for us in a relatively short period. She is a real blessing as a roommate. She is also a dancer with an awesome heart for people. Anyhoo…sorry for not writing more but got to run.
Permalink
12.13.08
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 10:55 pm
Friends, it’s time to say goodbye Greece. I cannot express how grateful I am for the almost two years God gave me in Thessaloniki. Too see a church be borne and to be a part of that family has truly been a journey of love.
Read the rest of this entry »
Permalink
11.17.08
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 11:58 am
This weekend our worship team went to Halkidiki for a retreat. We worshiped and prayed together. Katie taught about the danger of letting selfish ambition bring disorder and jealousy in a worship team. Really good stuff to think about. We then prayed and shared words from the Lord for each one of us until 3 o’ clock in the morning. It brought us closer and I felt we got a new love for one another.
Saturday night I was suppose to give a Bible study about the book of Ester in a woman’s home. Her name is Jota and her sister, an air hostess, was visiting her. Read the rest of this entry »
Permalink
11.13.08
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 3:07 pm
It’s been a while since my latest post. So enjoy this cool update 
This fall we’ve had the joy of seeing our church slowly growing.
Read the rest of this entry »
Permalink
10.16.08
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 11:01 am
It’s a joy to see how the small worship school I started this spring has developed. We are now a group of cool teenagers (well, I may be just a little older ;-) ) that really have grown musically as well as in love for the Lord! This weeked we played for the first time in front of a crowd of a hudred people at a Chrisian conference in Skopia. Although one of us almost threw up on stage (bad lunch) It went great! So proud!
Read the rest of this entry »
Permalink
09.17.08
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 9:32 am
Last Friday a new girl came to our house church meeting in Michaniona. A lady in our church, Stavroula had met her over the internet and asked her if she wanted to come. She was touched by the Lord during worship. We prayed for her and she gave her heart to Jesus later that night in Eva and Kostas kitchen! Read the rest of this entry »
Permalink
08.28.08
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 5:32 pm
After a minor “blogg vacation” I’m back…
Had a fantasic Super Trouper ABBA party with friends last weekend. It was simply magic; we sailed there with three boats. The whole evening we sang ABBA songs with karaokee and then danced under the stars all night long!
Read the rest of this entry »
Permalink
07.09.08
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 4:25 pm
I’m back in Sweden and have spent a couple of days at this beautiful place (see pic) north from my hometown Göteborg. Read the rest of this entry »
Permalink
06.19.08
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 12:14 pm
Yesterday we has another outreach in Pirea, a suburb to Thessaloniki. We played and sang a couple of songs and Eva shared the Gospel by drawing on a board. I joined Stavroula (lady in our worship team) who stood talking to two girls. They seemed moderately interested at first. I then felt I got a word of knowledge for one of them. Read the rest of this entry »
Permalink
06.16.08
Posted in Upcoming Events
at 10:14 am
This Friday we had the joy to see Argiris and Panagiotis being baptized in the sea! Argiris came to the Lord last fall and Panagiotis a couple of months ago. With Kostas, they are now doing the Alpha course with another recently saved brother in Argiri & Peggy’s home. Also a woman that recently gave her heart to Jesus joined in last time.
Praise Him!
pic: Argiris being dipped
Read the rest of this entry »
Permalink