World Missions Blogs
Southeast Asia – July 28, 2023
Southeast Asia – July 28, 2023 Up until now, we’ve had three very full days of ministry through home visits and Compassion Kit parties. Waking up tired was no surprise. We were encouraged with today being the last day, where temptation exists to slow down and start to “check out”, to instead pour more into […]
Southeast Asia – July 27, 2023
Southeast Asia – July 27, 2023 Today’s theme seemed to be to expect the unexpected! We headed out to go to, not one, but two compassion kit parties in the morning. However, we ended up waiting and waiting in the car on the side of the road in a town, and later realized we were […]
Southeast Asia – July 26, 2023
Southeast Asia – July 26, 2023 We rolled out of our hotel room for a 7:00am breakfast, followed by a 7:30 devo, then an 8:15 departure to our assigned area of home visits and Compassion Kit parties in some mountain villages about an hour and a half away. Since PBC is one of three churches […]
Southeast Asia – July 25, 2023
Southeast Asia – July 25, 2023 We started out with some pretty intense training this morning that also included our local translators. These local men have leadership positions with mission organizations and have such a heart for the Lord!! During this meeting, we were told of things not to do – like don’t ever go […]
Southeast Asia – July 24, 2023
Southeast Asia – July 24, 2023 We are still arriving, both figuratively and literally! We began the day with breakfast with Becky, who gave us some insight into the country’s culture. One of the biggest takeaways was that this is a very spiritual culture – they welcome prayer! But to them, this is based on the […]
Southeast Asia – July 23, 2023
Southeast Asia – July 23, 2023 We have arrived – almost!! Today, Sunday, we take our final flight to reach our destination. We have been preparing for weeks. Some of us had hoped to get some more preparation in while on the plane. To practice our public speaking parts, on a flight with Qatar Airlines […]
Romania – July 16, 2023
Romania – July 16, 2023 Today was our last day in Romania, and started off as each day has with a wonderful breakfast prepared by Ana. We all prepared for departure after church, packing our bags back up after the long week. We headed to a Hungarian church in the small nearby town of Stei […]
Romania – July 15, 2023
Romania – July 15, 2023 The Romania Team met promptly at 8:30 for a healthy breakfast of eggs, muffins and donuts! This our last full day in Romania was all about fellowship, fun, and food! We headed out around 10 am to Vartop. There we met at the vacation home of Daniel and Nicole, family friends […]
Romania – July 14, 2023
Romania – July 14, 2023 Today was quite frantic as we all rushed to get as much work done as we could before the end of the day. While some of us put up and painted the interior walls of the house, others were making sure the outer walls were complete. We were given more […]
Romania – July 13, 2023
Romania – July 13, 2023 Angles and Cuts As you heard in yesterday’s blog entry, we had a gully washer Wednesday evening that covered the work site in Tinca as well. When we arrived in the Roma community at the work site, there was a good bit of mud we had to navigate. So the […]
Romania – July 12, 2023
Romania – July 12, 2023 Wednesday presented another hot, sunny day in Tinca within the Crisul Negril river valley, just west of the Carpathian Mountains. Thankfully Alex (our REMM team leader, translator, and foreman on the house project) recommended we start early all week long in order to avoid the even-hotter afternoons. And we heartily […]
Romania – July 11, 2023
Romania – July 11, 2023 Tuesday was another early start for the Romanian team. Up for a wonderful breakfast of French Toast at 6, and then in the van laden with tools on the way to Tinca at 6:30. Today the team tackled more of the house as early as possible to beat the heat […]
Romania – July 10, 2023
Romania – July 10, 2023 Today was an early wake-up call for the team as we headed from where we are staying in Beius to the Roma village of Tinca at 6:30. It was a beautiful 45 minute drive through the countryside to reach the village where we would spend the day working on a […]
Romania – July 9, 2023
Romania – July 9, 2023 What a great first full day in Beius! After a tasty breakfast of fresh breads, jams, and fruit, we headed to a house church in a small town about 30 minutes away in Carpinet. The members were so welcoming. Daniel introduced our team (with a little translation help from Peter) […]
Romania – July 8, 2023
Romania – July 8, 2023 After 21 hours of travel, we arrived safely in beautiful Beius, Romania at REMM’s headquarters. Our flight from Dulles was over an hour late in leaving, but we made our connection in Frankfurt easily as the departure gate was directly across from our arrival entry. Unfortunately, 8 of our 22 […]