Bruce and Irene McAtee
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Mission Contact AMG International Aigas 66 Koropi, Greece 19400 (30210) 483 4214 fotisr@amginternational.org
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Mission Focus
I (Bruce) have been serving with AMG since September of 2018. It is a privilege to build friendships with the refugee families. Each week as a mission we are helping with transportation needs, physical needs such as clothing, food items, hygiene items, and more. We may help find apartments to rent, arrange plane tickets, translate documents and more. We have a community center HOMESPOT, that provides internet, computer access, English classes, crafts, and game times and bible discussion groups, plus free coffee and tea. Families (in a normal year) are invited and transported to the Cosmo Vision Center for Sunday evening fellowship. The youth are sponsored and attend camps of which I am a part. I also regularly bring men to CVC to help with work projects, which is a great opportunity for Bible discussions and life-on-life ministry. The challenge is that the needs are always so great, and people continually leave to go to other countries.
Bruce's Testimony
I was raised in a Christian home and attended Hope Church in St. Louis, Missouri. At the young age of 6 I accepted Christ as my Savior ( Jim and Jerry Harding were a great influence). I continued to grow in my faith through the example of my parents and the ministry of the church. At age 15 I made a commitment to serve the Lord and felt at that time it was a call to missions. I entered college with the intent of pursuing missions. I was involved in numerous ministry and leadership positions throughout my college years serving as a Dorm Chaplin at the college, as well as being in leadership with the Baptist Student Union, serving with various C.C.C. outreaches. The experiences and friendships in college continued to deepen my faith. After college I went to Eastern Europe for a summer with C.C.C. and then did a one-year Discipleship school (Doulos) in Branson working with youth. Immediately after Doulos I began serving as the Youth Pastor at Grace Community Chapel and from there was commissioned for service in Greece in October of 1987. I have been serving ever since in youth ministry, evangelism, discipleship, refugee ministry, leadership, and many practical jobs.
Irene's Testimony
I grew up in a Christian home with loving parents and my father was the pastor of the Greek Evangelical Free church in Sydney Australia and still is currently. At the age of 8 I believed in Christ as my Savior at a VBS, but it wasn’t until I was 14 and attended a Billy Graham crusade that I made a public commitment. I was active in my church and youth group and taught Sunday school for 10 years. I began working at age 18 in the financial sector and worked in that area until age 34. I had five different jobs, one with Australian Airlines, and my workplace was my mission field. I also did Bible courses at a Bible college during this time, was part of Bible Study Fellowship for 4 years and I always enjoyed my personal reading time in the word. In 2000 I met Bruce and was ushered into the world of missions. I did my first short-term mission trip to Egypt and Greece in 2001 with H.M. and have been serving ever since that time in a support role.
I (Bruce) have been serving with AMG since September of 2018. It is a privilege to build friendships with the refugee families. Each week as a mission we are helping with transportation needs, physical needs such as clothing, food items, hygiene items, and more. We may help find apartments to rent, arrange plane tickets, translate documents and more. We have a community center HOMESPOT, that provides internet, computer access, English classes, crafts, and game times and bible discussion groups, plus free coffee and tea. Families (in a normal year) are invited and transported to the Cosmo Vision Center for Sunday evening fellowship. The youth are sponsored and attend camps of which I am a part. I also regularly bring men to CVC to help with work projects, which is a great opportunity for Bible discussions and life-on-life ministry. The challenge is that the needs are always so great, and people continually leave to go to other countries.
Bruce's Testimony
I was raised in a Christian home and attended Hope Church in St. Louis, Missouri. At the young age of 6 I accepted Christ as my Savior ( Jim and Jerry Harding were a great influence). I continued to grow in my faith through the example of my parents and the ministry of the church. At age 15 I made a commitment to serve the Lord and felt at that time it was a call to missions. I entered college with the intent of pursuing missions. I was involved in numerous ministry and leadership positions throughout my college years serving as a Dorm Chaplin at the college, as well as being in leadership with the Baptist Student Union, serving with various C.C.C. outreaches. The experiences and friendships in college continued to deepen my faith. After college I went to Eastern Europe for a summer with C.C.C. and then did a one-year Discipleship school (Doulos) in Branson working with youth. Immediately after Doulos I began serving as the Youth Pastor at Grace Community Chapel and from there was commissioned for service in Greece in October of 1987. I have been serving ever since in youth ministry, evangelism, discipleship, refugee ministry, leadership, and many practical jobs.
Irene's Testimony
I grew up in a Christian home with loving parents and my father was the pastor of the Greek Evangelical Free church in Sydney Australia and still is currently. At the age of 8 I believed in Christ as my Savior at a VBS, but it wasn’t until I was 14 and attended a Billy Graham crusade that I made a public commitment. I was active in my church and youth group and taught Sunday school for 10 years. I began working at age 18 in the financial sector and worked in that area until age 34. I had five different jobs, one with Australian Airlines, and my workplace was my mission field. I also did Bible courses at a Bible college during this time, was part of Bible Study Fellowship for 4 years and I always enjoyed my personal reading time in the word. In 2000 I met Bruce and was ushered into the world of missions. I did my first short-term mission trip to Egypt and Greece in 2001 with H.M. and have been serving ever since that time in a support role.