Day 6 video blog coming to you on our team's travel day back home. Our team is worn out from all the amazing things they experienced the past 10 days. Hear from our Associate Director Tom Boone as he puts a bow on this trip with great insights about our hosts and team visiting.
Read MoreThe Outreach Foundation is introducing a team from Crestwood Church near RIchmond, VA, to our partner in Lithuania - City Church. Join us as we continue with our trip vlog series.
Read MoreDay 5 Video Blog from Germany! Hear from our Outreach Foundation Board Member Powell Jones, Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Thomasville, as he recaps our second to last day on the ground in Nuremberg.
Read MoreDay 4 video blog coming to you, on the way back from Pastor Sargez’s house! Listen as Ben and Heather Lindquist from First Presbyterian Church - Thomasville bring a word and recap from a busy day in and around Nuremberg.
Read MoreCheck out our day 3 vlog from our very own Jeremy Churchill. The team on the ground in Nuremberg got to tour the city, learning the history of the place our Persian friends now call home. They also heard from our partner Pastor Mehrdad who shared his testimony and told us about his ministry. It is amazing how God is using Mehrdad and his family to minister to Iranians here in Germany! check back later for day 4 of our video blog series from Germany.
Read MoreClick and watch our Day 2 vlog from the team working with the Persian Diaspora in Germany! Hear from Jake and Chandler Fletcher, covenant partners at First Presbyterian Church Thomasville, GA, as they give an update from the Persian Christians Conference. The team has worshiped, heard preaching, listened to testimonies, and gotten to know some of the Persian Christians living across Europe.
Read MoreWe’re trying something new! For our team visiting the Persian Diaspora, we are receiving our trip blogs in video form. We hope you enjoy these updates from members of the team on the ground in beautiful rural rural Germany. Listen as Rev. Abby Gatliff, Associate Pastor at South Highlands Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama, tells us about worshiping and working with our Persian friends in Christ.
Read MoreThursday is outing day, with a lovely lunch out. This year, due to the heat, we waited until later afternoon and went up higher into the mountains near a ski area. Some women rowed on a man-made lake, while others chatted lakeside. The women were treated to a beautiful dinner al fresco with a view of both mountains and ocean. One of Lebanon’s famous musicians was enjoying dinner in the same restaurant.
Read MoreOn Monday, we greeted car after car of travel-weary but excited ladies. Such wonderful reunions for our team of three with old friends from previous visits! And many new friends-to-be! NESSL is the Synod of Syria and Lebanon, so came a shorter distance from Lebanon, but most had to cross the border from Syria. Some ladies had traveled 22 hours from NE Syria to get here.
Read MoreThree board members of The Outreach Foundation gathered over a few days for partner visits in and around Beirut, Lebanon; first Lois Andrews, then Rev. Nancy Fox, and finally Rev. Lisa Culpepper. Rev. Linda Macktaby, Director of two Beirut partner ministries, Home of Hope in Beirut and Blessed School, served as our capable host, guide, and teacher.
Read MoreOn the second day of refugee camp visits, we started in Tierkidi (Kule 1) camp. We visited the congregation at Pagak where the Bible school (Pagak Mercery Institute) is located. Rev. John Chuol Duel is the Principal of the school. Earlier this year they graduated 17 students in their second class, including 8 women.
Read MoreOn June 5, we traveled to the first refugee camp to visit the preschools and a Bible school, and to meet hundreds of refugee children (some who were born and raised in the camp that opened in 2014). We started at the school at Center One.
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