Short stories from Stockholm, Sweden- S. Bedi
Living in a neighborhood that is 92% immigrant, you quickly learn that one of the biggest needs in a person’s life is community. Rather than forming a type of melting pot where culture can be shared, history has created an atmosphere of distrust and skepticism. So although we have a big vision to see the … continued
Summer Linc 2018- Cologne, Germany
8 team members from Gainseville, FL safely arrived to Cologne, Germany in June where they will spend 2 months engaging, evangelizing, discipling, and trying to plant churches among Unreached People Groups who have come as refugees. Linc is partnering with Die Brücke church in Cologne and here is an update of what God is doing: … continued
Renewing The Mind- By Daniel Goering, Berlin, Germany
The weekend of March 24-25 afforded us the privilege of going through some great material in a course called “Renewing the Mind”. The title of the course comes from Romans 12:2 that we should be being transformed by the renewing of our mind. Facilitating the course were Franz and Kristie Martens, who are setting up … continued
German for refugees- by Daniel Goering, Berlin, Germany
It continues to be a great joy to see God at work in the lives of the Yazidi family which we have been helping learn German. They even came over recently for some good ol’ college basketball. We continue to watch through the Gospel of John with them on Thursday evenings. They are understanding more and more … continued
Every Believer a Disciple Maker- Timmy Powers-Managing Director, Eastern Europe
One of the values that has been deeply imprinted on my life through my involvement with Great Commission Europe is our commitment to seeing every believer become a disciple-maker. As I have served overseas for the past twenty years I have made this truth a hallmark of my ministry. However, over the past year I … continued
Spiritual Fruit through Camps in Romania- D. Cato
We held two camps, one a smaller retreat-like for older students, and one larger group. We were excited to see new and old campers come, and glad that our good friend K (name abbreviated) made the effort to come to camp, and hear all the good teaching and fellowship we have there. K and her … continued
The Need for Living Hope Sarah Bedi, Stockholm, Sweden
A local flyer providing information about events and activities supported by the local municipality was distributed to our buildings. The officials informed us that fifty more refugee families were moving into this area. We are not allowed to know exact addresses or provide volunteer assistance, but we were at least informed. You can walk down … continued
LOVE DRESSED IN WORK CLOTHES Mindy Henson, Kyiv, Ukraine
Thousands of Ukrainians have fled from eastern Ukraine since the war with Russia began in 2014. They are desperate to find places to live and hope for the future. In June, a team from Valley View Community Church (Columbia, Missouri), together with a team from Spring of Hope Church in Kyiv, Ukraine, spent a week … continued
The Power of God at Work Linda Kitchen, Amsterdam
The Lord works in powerful and mysterious ways. It’s been exciting to see God at work through our ministry to the refugees in Amsterdam. A short-term mission team joined us in the spring of 2017. We prayer walked around the refugee camp to lay the foundation for God to show up through divine appointments. Within … continued
The Call of the Harvest by Mateo Echeverry
Hamburg, Germany has over 300 refugee camps throughout the city. Remodeled ships, restructured postal buildings, regular apartments, and buildings made entirely of modified container units are used to house the tens of thousands of refugees that now call Hamburg home. The camps range from housing as little as three families to over 1000 people and … continued