Our new friends here in Corfu (missionaries specializing in providing respite for area missionaries in the field) invited us to their church for worship. Honestly, I didn't want to go and we had already discussed skipping church and going to explore the island a bit...but my heart felt checked. Okie Dokie, we are going to church then. Our first experience with a Greek Anglican church--it was lovely to worship (even through a liturgy) with our fellow believers to the Mighty God that has saved us all.
After the service a woman came running up to me "Please! Please! Come talk to me! I see that you have adopted your son. My husband and I know we are to adopt a child, but we don't know how. Please tell me all that you can. A child out there needs a family and we can give that.". Oh my heart. yes Lord. This is why we came today. No moment is wasted on this extended journey that we are on.
This afternoon we found the West side of Corfu island and puttered around in the surf and sand a bit.
Day 43:
Today we left our sweet Corfu. What an unexpected and lovely surprise this island has been for us. It will remain in my memory as one of my favorite places.
After a two hour ferry ride, we drove four hours across the Greek mountains and breadbasket of the country to Thessaloniki...we are officially in the big city with a radio station and everything! (This is how you know you have been out on the mission field for a while---radio stations and grocery stores that sell milk AND cheese AND produce in the same building are what get you excited!) And in classic European traveler-style we ended up having dinner in a train station depot...because we were starving and sometimes Google Maps is stupid.
Eight hours of wandering around Thessaloniki today. Such a wild dichotomy between this booming metropolis and the ANCIENT roman ruins that are scattered around the city. Our little hotel (the Urban Donkey!) is literally across the street from the old walls of the city---the same walls that Paul escaped through during his time here.
We stumbled upon free harbor cruise and were excited to see dolphins in the water with us!
My good camera took a nose dive this afternoon and went to good camera heaven--so sad! Just 30 min before I had told my mom that I thought this was the last summer for this camera "I'm glad I didn't spend all my money on the body. I don't want the camera to be more important than the memories we are making" Cue the jinx. So all the pictures from here on out will just be from my phone...
What made my day though was a Greek gentleman named Dimitrus, who happened to have Down syndrome, saddled up to us at lunch and told us an in depth story (in Greek). When he got to the sad part and tears started to fall, we asked for someone to translate for us--his mother had died 15 years ago and it is still very sad for him. OH my heart. He got several high fives and a solid hug from this momma to make up for it. We love you Dimitrus, so does Jesus, buddy!
What made my day though was a Greek gentleman named Dimitrus, who happened to have Down syndrome, saddled up to us at lunch and told us an in depth story (in Greek). When he got to the sad part and tears started to fall, we asked for someone to translate for us--his mother had died 15 years ago and it is still very sad for him. OH my heart. He got several high fives and a solid hug from this momma to make up for it. We love you Dimitrus, so does Jesus, buddy!
We got a call from the adoption agency today & did not get the news we had hoped for from the judge and indeed our process may be even prolonged further than we could have imagined. We'll have more information next week at our court date. Until then, we continue to pray for our judge's heart. We four are tired and want to flush toilet paper and brush teeth with tap water, but more than anything I want my girly to NOT be in an orphanage one more day.
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