The Skills Training Centre (STC) was launched in 2019 and supports refugee women, mainly from Iran, Afghanistan and Ukraine. These women find themselves in a vulnerable situation as they live in a foreign country with a different culture and language, and they have no work or income. At the STC we give them the opportunity to learn a skill, such as sewing, making clothes, soap, shampoo or balms, which may generate an income…
50-year-old threatened for his faith
While walking through the alleys of a village we met a local man with a haggard appearance and an exhausted expression, sitting in his car. At first we approached him hesitantly and explained that we had come to offer him a New Testament. As soon as he heard this, he got excited and began to point to the book with his finger, saying the word “Jesus!” repeatedly…
Comforting an old lady
As 10-year-old Zoe and 18-year-old Ezra were handing out New Testaments, they were suddenly stopped by an elderly lady who asked them why they had come to her village with gifts. The conversation started to flow until it came to the topic of marriage! Then the old lady shared with tears in her eyes how…
You are not alone, you matter!
“The day before you came, seven people committed suicide in our area. Our town is forgotten. Only God can save us,” told us in a trembling voice a heartbroken gentleman we met the day before yesterday in the area of Vlychada. After giving us the heartbreaking news, we…
Α coffee that ended up lasting… 4 hours
During Operation Joshua we made a stop in a village of Viotia at the main café of the village to get organized and have a quick coffee! This coffee ended up lasting… 4 hours, because we spent time with the owner of the cafe, his family and many locals talking about God! The owner treated about 20 of us in his shop! While we were chatting…
A meeting with Mrs Aspasia
When we arrived at Mrs Aspasia’s house, she invited us into her yard and, full of gratitude for the gift we had just given her, she offered us some juice. After reading our leaflet about who we are and what we do, she was very touched. She started asking us why…
“I am even ready to die for Christ!”
Gregory could not believe his eyes when he saw us distributing New Testaments in his village! Full of emotion, he explained how the Bible had radically changed his life when he read it a few years ago. He used to work in nightclubs, playing the bouzouki and was addicted to drugs. Today, however, he is…
Hope in an unexpected pregnancy
Anna*, found the Hope Center through our website; she emailed us explaining her situation and asking us for help to have an abortion. She and her husband had come to Greece 10 months earlier as economic migrants and were planning to move to Northern Europe for a better life. The very next day we contacted her and arranged to meet her at her home…
“What you sow, you will reap”
It was 12 years ago when Fivos, a Greek who grew up in Germany, went on a trip to the other side of the Atlantic. After 3 months he knew that Peru would become his adopted homeland. Despite many difficulties, he has become very attached to the people, who now feel like family…
“No one believes in me like you do”
“Thank you for everything. No one believes in me like you do,” a student from our sewing class at our Skills Training Centre recently told us with eyes full of tears. A few days ago it was her birthday and we brought her a cake to blow out candles…