Doyle, Eric & Erica

The vacation phase of our Greek adventure is quickly coming to a close!  Last week Doyle arrived on our doorstep, and then a couple of days later, the older sister who will be staying with us for the year came to the island by ferry.  Erica reminds me of a Margaret Greenaway with a Swiss accent.  She's impossible not to love!  Eric came earlier this week to see how things were going, and this afternoon we put him on the plane to Athens.

Two Canadian girls E-mailed Doyle last week to say they had just arrived on Samos.  Erica Lewis and Briley Lewis are cousins and go to college in Alberta.  I picked them up along the road in front of their motel and brought them to the Sunday morning meeting.  This was the first meeting we have had with the Pythagorio folks.  The four had met on their own for many years, and now there were 11 of us packed into their living room!  Erica translated.  We are learning a bit about what it's like to speak through a translator.  It changes the cadence of things.  Sunday night we went back to Pythagorio for Bible study, the custom throughout Greece.  It is a continuation of the Wednesday study.

It was decided to start Gospel meetings in Pythagorio this Sunday.  Think of us at 7:00 Samos time, which would be 9:00 in the morning on the Lord's Day on the west coast.  Erica's companion needs time to do some doctoring, and so Doyle will be staying with us through the middle of next month.  That change of plans was easy to take.  Smile.