On Thursday, July 28th, a group of us visited a Syrian Refugee Camp outside the city of Veria. There are about 400 people living there for over two months while waiting to be processed and hopefully sent on to an EU country for a new lease in life. We were able to bring some food and hygiene products, a small relief in an uncertain future. For me especially, it was a very satisfying experience. It was over 90 years ago that my grandparents, parents and other relatives, while on death marches in Turkey, ended up in Aleppo, Syria where the Syrians kept them alive for over six months. The ones that survived, came later and settled in Greece. A small example where an act of kindness was repaid in a small way all those years later. We found a Christian couple among them where the husband is Armenian! They are expecting a baby and I hope to visit again soon!
-Vula
It was so great to spend a few days with our friends, the Kostandinovs at the Ministry House in Litochoro, Greece. They serve in Skopje (FYROM). Pavle, as a teenager, accepted Christ as his Savior at the Christian camp in Leptokaria, Greece. For many years they have come alongside The Macedonian Outreach to further the gospel of Christ with us and we are grateful to the Lord for them.
Another year of the Albanian Camp has come and gone! Thank you Focused Living women of The Community Presbyterian Church in Danville, CA for your support in the past 22 years. Only heaven will show the total results of your love to these children! God bless you as you bless others and especially these kids!
This giant man in faith and in stature, Dimitris Tsoukalas, has been working on behalf of many ministries and churches for many months, to bring relief and comfort to refugees.
We, at The Macedonian Outreach, are honored to be part of this endeavor.
A few days ago, he came and picked up 16 boxes of clothing that came by container that our dear sisters back in Danville, CA packed lovingly. He also picked up dozens of tubes of toothpaste that came from the Gilead Chinese Church in San Ramon, CA. God bless everyone involved.
Please be praying for the refugees. They are now distributed throughout Greece in camps. Pray that somehow there will be a permanent solution soon.
In Him with a grateful heart,
Vula
