May 1 From the Assembly bulletin board, Garrett says, "Last Sunday on the way home from a men’s retreat, I pulled off the freeway to look at historical houses in the city of Redlands. To my surprise I drove right past the retirement community where George and Betty live. My curiosity was piqued. I made a u turn, parked my car in front of the community center and went in. Immediately to the left of the main entrance there is a 6x18 feet display case. The display case contained “small” pictures of children in their native land, and missionary artifacts were displayed. I emphasize “small” because there was one “big” picture. Of course you guessed it. A “big” picture of George in Africa was prominently displayed for all to see. See the picture, look at the man and be in wonderment!!!!! I dropped my head, chuckled to myself and walked out. The glorious truth is that the “big” picture, the un-readable books that can’t sell on E-bay, the vain babbling on the outdated cassettes that fills up the recycling bins will all burn and nothing will remain. Come Jesus Come!"
Dave Sable commented: "I'm betting it is that picture of George with the Masai warriors. He was proud of that because "most Masai warriors don't let their picture be taken, but they were willing to take them with me." It strengthened his argument about his impact in Africa because when he went on the safari, he saw the "big three" (Lion and two others). His guide kept saying, "Great is the God of Geftakys" because this was so unusual. Goes to show the massive impact his ministry had upon the contenent. **Roll Eyes** Tom and I have a bet he really got those pictures from a stand where you could pay $10 to get a picture taken with Masai warriors."
May 5, 2008: The Redlands Daily Facts newspaper had an article on Saturday about a multi-cultural festival at Plymouth Village, where George and Betty Geftakys live. George is still up to his old ways of misrepresenting the facts. He claimed he was a native of Greece and apparently recited the Lord's prayer in Greek!
May 31, 2008, "Anonymous" commented: I find it interesting that George recited the Lord’s prayer in Greek because he does not speak Greek. His mother was German so the language spoken at home was German, not Greek. He spoke no Greek except what he picked up along the way, which we all remember was awkward. Do you suppose he made up the Lord’s prayer or just attempted it from his Greek Lexicon? [Ed. note: He may have memorized it from audio files available on the web.]
Spring 2008: Sometime in mid-2007, Mike Almanzor and the Riverside Assembly refused to allow George Geftakys to continue to give stated ministry on Sunday afternoons. Consequently George has begun all over again with, a weekly Bible study and Sunday service at his home in Plymouth Village in Redlands, CA, located at 242 Carver Circle. Garrett has an interesting recent anecdote.
David Miller, from the San Francisco Assembly, has come down to be
George's right-hand man. David is involved in witnessing, i.e.
recruiting, on college campuses. George preached recently at a
conference in Tanzania. He was invited by Herbert, who is involved in a
ministry that builds orphanages. Apparently George is attempting to gain a position of
influence in that ministry. It is reported that "GG wanted [money] to pay
for him to go to Africa because they had no money. [When that didn't
happen] GG somehow found the cash to buy a $2,000.00 ticket. He made
Herbert set up conferences he could preach at, and the word that came
back was that hundreds have come to the Lord. They act as if they have
no money at all, yet I have heard GG speak about his investment
counselor and how well his investments have been doing."
April 3, Jack Hutchinson commented: It comes as no surprise that he hasn't stopped. I guess Herbert came along after you left. He came to the USA a couple of times, usually with Samuel (they came to SLO in 2000). Herbert didn't have the same swagger that Samuel did, he still had some appearance of 'innocence' about him....perhaps George was still drawing him into his delusion...but maybe I just didn't see what he was really like.
Brian
Tucker had this to say awhile ago:
"George is very likely to swagger around boasting about his past
'accomplishments', with all the usual embellishments... and if they are
duly impressed by his tall tales, he will at some point start trying to
use his fabricated prestige to gain influence and control over the people
around him. After that, he will certainly have no qualms about exploiting
them as much as possible. This is what a narcissistic personality does.
He will always believe, with total confidence, that he is fully entitled
to whatever he can extract from those around him, and confidence can be
very convincing. I am planning to write a letter to the management of that retirement
community. I would imagine they would be at least somewhat concerned
about the effect someone like George could have on the stability and
reputation of their community--at least concerned enough to keep an eye
out. I would encourage others to write a letter also. The more letters
they get, the more seriously they will take them. Here is their contact
info:
Plymouth Village
900 Salem Drive
Redlands, CA 92373-6189
909-793-9195
The Geftakys' personal address is 242 Carver Cir., Redlands, CA 92373-8503.