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 of who Jesus really is.… Read more →
Missions
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 became aware of a weakness… Read more →
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 friend have gone back to… Read more →
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 the street and meet someone… Read more →
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 in a small village about… Read more →
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 days we saw the Lord… Read more →
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 anywhere in between. This summer,… Read more →
Discipleship- Hearing the Voice of God- Eastern Europe Director Timmy Powers
As I write this blog, I am on a plane headed to an undisclosed location in East Asia. I will be visiting a Ukrainian young man who I discipled for six years in Ukraine and with whom I continue to cooperate since his move to East Asia two years ago. As I think about the heart and vision of this… Read more →
Into The Wilderness- Summer 2017, Anthony Testa
Thanks so much for praying for us on our Leadership Training Camp two weekends ago. We were amazed at how God used this 28 hour leadership training camp to overwhelm students with His love through Jesus. Initially, we thought we were going to be training future youth leaders; however, when we met the students, we realised that we were being… Read more →
Newness of Life- Amsterdam, Netherlands
What a joy and honor to witness God’s loving hand at work in the heart of our Pakistani friend, Eli (name protected). When I first met Eli several years ago, he was the definition of “down and out”, struggling deeply with depression and drug abuse. When we went to his apartment to visit his roommates, he would not even come… Read more →