Wow! Can't believe Day 2 is already over! If you were wondering why there was no post yesterday. . .let me fill you in. . . We awoke on Day 1 to find out that it was designated to be our Muslim village day.  Our team quickly learned the meaning of the term "greek time" as our departure time became later and later.  The Hellenic Ministries team worked for hours to determine which car each of the 250+ people here was to be in and seemed to encounter difficulty after difficulty.  As we waited, there was an amazing time of worship, prayer and speakers.  It seemed as if God was preparing our hearts to enter the Turkish/ Muslim villages.  Finally at 2:00pm (original departure time was 9:00am) we were all ready to go! Little did we know that this day was going to be an "off-road" day! Our villages were in the most mountainous areas of Xanthi, Rhodopi and Evros.  Some hair-pin turns, goat path trails, accidentally finding the Bulgarian border and treacherous cliffs later we managed to reach the villages.  We were amazed by how receptive and gentle spirited the Turkish people were.  One car had 4 villages where everyone accepted the Bible! Awesome! And unheard of even in Greek villages!! Arriving back at 11:30 pm last night we crawled right into bed so we could begin again this morning! Today was an encouraging day of less hairy driving and delightful Greek and Turkish villages.  Some team members were even given frappe and tiramisu as thanks for the gift of the Bibles.  If you are reading this between now and tomorrow morning our time, if you could pray for the visit of the Bishop to the camp.  The Bishop of Alexandroupoli is to be at our camp at 8:30am tomorrow morning (11:30pm July 19 Alberta time) and we need to cover this visit with prayer as he comes to share with us his heart for this area.
There are many more stories than this but those will have to wait:)
Joelle