Pray for save travels

Waking at 3 am to take the trip to the airport to begin our flight home arriving in
GSO at 6 p.m. after traveling approximately 18 hours to arrive the same day we departed Athens. Pray for God’s provision of rest as we journey, safe travels, good connections and that we stay on schedule with no delays.

Happy Easter! He has Risen!

A day of rest and worship in Athens. Pray for our spirits to be ready to receive a fellowship uncommon to ours as we worship with the Greek Christians. Also pray for our
families back home as they worship on this day, the most wonderful day of the year!

Pray for Endurance

Our last morning on the island of Chalcis. Pray that the team continues to stay strong and well so that we have the energies needed to clean the camp facilities readying it for future campers. Also pray for the journey back to Athens preparing our hearts for worship on Sunday.

Final Night at Camp

We travel to Halkitha for Good Friday Services and back to Camp for our final night. Pray for safe travels and that God would allow us to have good interactions with the
nationals during that special day.

Continue to Pray

Pray for us to be well rested in the morning as we will have now served three days, morning
to evening. Pray that our team attitude would be that of Christ even when we are tired and uncomfortable. Pray for those we serve today, the adults attending the conference and their children in Vacation Bible School. Our final day of serving the Hellenic Missionaries and their families.

The Presence of God

Pray that we are feeling the presence of God in us and through us as we begin another day of
serving. Pray again for unity in our group representing the Father in every word and deed. Also that we would serve in the Spirit and not on our own accord.

Rest

Pray that we wake rested from a good night’s sleep as we prepare our hearts and
spirits to serve the missionary conference alongside Westover Missionaries Bruce and Irene. Again we pray for a spirit of harmony for the team as we serve together. We pray the little ones we serve in VBS will be receptive to the teachings we are using.

The start of Camp

We begin the cooking, cleaning and serving of the missionaries and their children
as the needs arise and as we are called upon. Pray that the Holy Spirit will be upon this place and
upon us as we serve. Today we begin our Vacation Bible School, pray that we will be prepared and
the children will be receptive. Pray for a spirit of a servant’s heart and the love of Jesus as we serve
the missionaries selflessly and a spirit of serving each other as a team. Romans 12:5.

Worship

Worship in Athens, then our journey to the Island of Chalcis. This is the island camp
that Bruce and Irene hold retreats all summer for the children of Greece. This will also be the location of
the Hellenic Missions Conference which we will be supporting the coming week. These missionary families
will be coming from all over the Hellenic Region of Europe. Pray for safety in our trip and the journey
of the missionaries coming to the conference. Please pray for the our families, that they remain

Arrival and Planning

We will meet with our Westover Missionaries Bruce and Irene McAtee for prayer
and orientation preparing us for the week ahead serving the Hellenic Missionary conference. Pray for
clarity of what our objectives will be and that we will accept the challenge with an open mind and
heart. That we would relish the privilege to serve alongside Missionaries Bruce and Irene McAtee and the other Hellenic Missionaries.

WE ARE OFF

We leave in the afternoon from PTl to fly to Athens, Greece and stay in the TEAM
guest house as available. Pray for safe flights and no events that would impede our arrival Friday,
April 7th. Also pray that our hearts and spirits will be overwhelmed to be in the region where Paul
had traveled and had written many of his letters.

Count Down

Our Team's Service Project  -  Out of the Garden Project

Last Wednesday night our team volunteered at the 'Out of the Garden' food warehouse, where we helped "bag" food to fill over 1,000 bags. 7 items were included in each bag - a protein which is a type of canned meat and a can of beans, mac & cheese, a can of soup, crackers or a type of potatoes, a can veggie and a snack bag 'filled with goodies'. These bags will be distributed to children all over Guilford county to help supply them with a little food, this may be the only food that some kids receive over the weekends.
The Out of the Garden Warehouse is located at 300 N Carolina 68, right behind C3 Church.

If you would like help supply food or volunteer at Out of the Garden please check out their website - http://www.outofthegardenproject.org

A little history about Out of the Garden - 

Kristy and Don Milholin’s children attend Morehead Elementary School, where they noticed several children who were food insecure. Kristy and Don felt called to help make a difference in these children’s lives, and so in August 2009, they started the Out of the Garden Project in their home around the kitchen table.

The Milholin’s began personally supplying 10 families with a small bag of food each Friday so that those children and their families might have something to eat over the weekend. What began in 2009 helping 10 families with a small bag of food has now grown to the largest organization of its kind in the Piedmont Triad.

Bit by bit, we are changing our little piece of the world – and supporters like you are the heart of that change.

Together, we are taking on what we believe is the greatest epidemic facing the world today: chronic hunger. The problems it causes echo through every corner of our community, robbing so many of our neighbors of their well-being, dignity and potential. The toll hunger takes on our children is most heartbreaking of all.

The free and reduced-price lunches they receive at school are helpful but not enough. And the fact is that without adequate nutrition, children’s brains and bodies will struggle to grow. That makes learning more difficult and their futures more precarious. Thanks to you, we are not standing idly by.

Every month, hundreds of Out of the Garden Project volunteers (600+) take responsibility for making things better. There are many different ways to get involved. Supporters like you collect food, sort it in our warehouse, package it for families and/or deliver it to schools, giving generously of time and financial resources. No contribution is too small, and we need every single one of you to help children and families in our community.

Out of the Garden Project is a story of miracles — the story of amazing things that should not happen but actually do — because people like you come together to move mountains of hunger. This is a story of hope. With your help, we have many more chapters to write, and the families we help have better lives to live. Thank you for all you do in service of our kids and our community.

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.

I hope someday you’ll join us and the world will live as one.”

Greece - Team McAtee, Short Term Trip 2017

TRIP DATE: APRIL 6th - 17th, 2017

Team Leader: Barry Utesch
Co - Leader: Gabrielle Pinon

Our team will work alongside Westover missionaries Bruce & Irene McAtee with Hellenic Ministries in Chalcis, Greece.

Justin Autry, Sherry and Rowland Brazzeal, Gabrielle Piñon, Victoria and Barry Utesch, Mary and Charles Walser 

Our time in Chalcis will focus on serving the missionaries of Hellenic Ministries as they attend a week long conference. They will be spending a week rejuvenating their hearts, souls and bodies, planning and strategizing for the coming year. We will serve those who have dedicated their lives to following Jesus.  We will be the hands and feet of Jesus, loving and serving the missionaries of Hellenic Ministries.  We pray that our eyes will be opened to seeing God in ways we have never seen before.

Bruce and Irene with their daughters, Emily and Grace

                           

Camp at Chalcis, Greece

Chalcis, Greece

"What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sights and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like." 

-St. Augustine