The Hesskew Adventures: Annual Meeting in Greece

Once a year, our organization holds an annual meeting for all the personnel serving overseas in our area. This year, we had the remarkable pleasure of meeting with ALL our personnel who serve European peoples...........from all corners of the globe. We were able to hear testimony, worship, soak up the Word, and fellowship with 850 colleagues! We met at a beautiful location in Greece. In addition to our personnel, we had over 300 volunteers come from the States to serve us and minister to us in various capacities from kids VBS to medical care.

We are VERY blessed !!!

The encouragement to stay in the game, commit to the task, and to not lose heart was priceless for us. What a blessing to hear powerful Bible teaching in our heart language for 4 days in a row !! And the worship in English was medicine for my soul !!!

Here are a few snapshots from our conference:

Pretzel fun as we pass time on airport layovers.......

Kaleb and Arin ready for the VBS program.

Arin singing with the 7 year olds.

Kaleb's group played the recorders.

We also had some free time to enjoy the beach at sunset with some friends. It was such a blessing to be built up by brothers and sisters who happen to be in this type of cross-cultural race.

swimming in the Agean Sea !!! Do you see the rock skipping in the last pic?

After the conference was over, our family took some personal vacation days and stayed at the resort to rest and spend time together. We swam in the luxurious pools, caught crabs at the beach, and participated in all the resort happenings including kids' club !!! We even introduced our kids to jet skis as a special last day treat. I thought the owner of the jet skis was just going to give them a ride, but he taught them how to drive, then encouraged them to max out the speed !! I was glad I was on the dock limited to taking pictures only !!!