Covid

 18 Sept. 2022  I see postings with Halloween and fall decor.  It will be interesting to see what they do here in Greece.  We were told that they have Halloween without the candy.  Say what?  It doesn't feel like fall here.  It is still hot; we are still sweating a lot and there are no fall leaves anywhere to be seen. 

I hung our clothes out on the line and only lost one clothes pin below.  The clothes dry much quicker outside and it doesn't heat up the house.  Our washing machine, bless it's heart is so small that I am constantly washing so that I don't have to spend the day getting it done.

We went grocery shopping and I looked for a bigger container of cottage cheese.  This was the biggest size I could find and it was twice the price of a larger size in the states.  Maybe no one really likes cottage cheese.  They do like yogurt because there is a very large selection and bigger sizes!

It is stressful to me to shop.  It is hard to read the labels even with the google translator.  I just grab things that look good ....I am the one that reads and compares and have thrown that out the window.  Just get it over with!

We found a park that seems quite popular.  It had a church on the corner and music blaring from a canopy in the park.  People are sitting under awnings and visiting as the evening cools.  Our friends, the Reidheads, the other missionary couple in Athens, met us at this park and we ate at Chicken Storys.  It was like Chick Filet and had a wonderful Water Closet!!!  Can I hear a hallelujah?

Today is Sunday.  We had more visitors again than members.  It was great to greet them and we had almost an entire row from Alaska.  I bet they loved the weather.  The speakers were Greeks that moved to England and came to Greece for a vacay.  They shared their conversion story.  It felt so good to visit with people that speak English.

  We visited with a young man from Wyoming.  He was going to be a foreign exchange student to Ireland and something happened so they sent him to Greece and he has been working with young boys that got separated from their families. Most are from Africa.  He said it wasn't anything he thought it would be or planned on but he has a great attitude.  He was absolutely amazing to listen to the things he has done. 

He is going to be the best missionary ever when he graduates.  He hurried home from our apartment after dinner because there was a fireside he wanted to catch. Did he want us to walk him to the metro since he hasn't ever been in our part of Athens?  No, he was sure he could find it.  

I would like to be as brave.  I think sometimes ...what was God thinking when he sent us here? 

Hopefully, we will know by the end of our mission. 

Oh, we bought a clock and it didn't work and we wanted to exchange it for one that worked and it took forever but we did it and brought it home and it tells military time.  I can figure it out but it takes a while.  The young missionaries were all together in one apartment because an apartment was being painted.  One Elder got Covid and they are all quarantined.  The sisters in our district are too.  FYI.