“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forever more.” Psalm 16:11
Today we visited a very small town where there are few families of believers. I truly felt God‘s presence and his fullness of joy. These people may be very poor materially but they have giant hearts. Everyone of them made sure that we left with some type of a present. They loved on us with the love of Jesus that I know will linger on for a long time. I thank the Lord that even through such difficult days, He still finds ways to encourage us on. Praise His name!
This is what I came home with
Dear friends and family,
The following video is dedicated to my wonderful Board of past and present, to friends & family, and to the CPC Imagine Campaign who prayed and who financially supported all of the projects that you will see in the video! A big thank you also to Gopi and Reni and to all of the dedicated people in the Yastrebovo area. Their determination and hard work helped bring these projects to reality.
Above everything and everyone else, my heartfelt gratitude and thankfulness go to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I thank HIM for entrusting to all of us the work of The Macedonian Outreach and for blessing and continuing to bless this work all these years.
ALL THE PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY BELONG TO HIM AND HIM ALONE!
With a grateful heart, Vula
Dear friends and family:
On Tuesday, July 13, our team of four – Pantelis, Paul and Barbara and I – visited the soup kitchen in Thessaloniki (The STEKI). The Macedonian Outreach has been helping there by providing funds for food for many years. This ministry is under the umbrella of the Evangelical church in Thessaloniki and it’s been in existence for over forty years. Monday through Friday, they provide food for the poor and homeless, as well as refugees. It includes a cooked meal, dessert and fruit. A total of approximately 200 persons are being served every day.
Please pray for all of them and ask the Lord to make us all appreciative of His gifts with thanksgiving. It is but for the grace of God that we are not in the receiving line! Let us be grateful!
Always with love, Vula
Continuing with our work in Athens/Piraeus area, we visited the Evangelical Church of Piraeus where The Outreach helps with their soup kitchen. There we met with Pastor Pavlos. Piraeus is the largest port of Greece. In this soup kitchen, they prepare and package dinners, then take them and distribute them to refugees and homeless at the port. Incredible ministry! Then we visited the clothing distribution center. I actually recognized some of our clothing and I am sending a picture of our box for our Monday workroom ladies to see. We came full circle of over 6,000 miles!!! Our last visit in Athens was with a dear brother Christos from the Free Evangelical church where we have partnered in the work for many years. Jennifer Jack, a Scottish missionary, has been serving here for decades. She does work among the Albanian people both in Greece and Albania. (Unfortunately, she was ill and we did not get to see her.) She has been our main contact person all these years with this precious group of people, the Albanians. I thank God for carrying out His purposes by allowing all these workers to be used by Him to His glory!
Soup being prepared
Asi and Brother Pavlos with boxes shipped from the The Outreach in the US
Brother Pavlos in clothing distribution center