The Outreach Foundation team is in Eastern Europe visiting war-affected Ukrainians and the partners providing care to them. Today is the final day of our visit and we begin to grasp the challenges the church faces in this context and the ways City Church in particular is flourishing.
Read MoreThe Outreach Foundation team is in Eastern Europe visiting war-affected Ukrainians and the partners providing care to them. Our visits have taken us to Warsaw, the Ukraine border, and we wrap up in Lithuania. Today we are visiting three cities where City Church has planted churches, giving us an opportunity to share about this flourishing church in their difficult context.
Read MoreWe are taking a break from our questions to share hope, inspiration, and joy – the fruit of God’s work through the church in this place. Our day began with a delicious brunch at the home of LCC International University’s president, Dr. Marlene Wall. Thirty-one years ago, she received a phone call to teach English here. Her “yes” then has stitched her into this University’s mosaic that now includes 850 students from over 50 countries. Joining us for breakfast were three of her students who shared their stories with us.
Read MoreSusan and I have spent our nights reflecting on the stories we heard and now carry with us. We wrestled with the fact that the tragedy these people are facing is beyond anything we can comprehend.
Read MoreOn Wednesday and Thursday, The Outreach Foundation’s team visited the border of Ukraine and Poland with faithful friends from Kyiv (Ukraine Evangelical Theological Seminary) and Lviv (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church). This visit has left us stunned and still processing so much.
Read MoreWe spent the day driving from Warsaw to the Medyka border, a 5-hour drive against the backdrop of the cold and fog of Poland – a metaphor for life in Ukraine – a cold, harsh reality with a future that is hard to see. This visit would take us as close as we are permitted to get to Ukraine.
Read MoreThis week The Outreach Foundation will be in Poland and Lithuania to visit church partners who provide spiritual, physical, and emotional support to people displaced due to the war in Ukraine. Joining Tom Boone, Associate Director for Mission, are Dan and Jill Gilbert (Columbia, GA), Susan Montoya (San Diego, CA), Stephanie Olivero (San Diego, CA), and Outreach trustee Amy Petrenko with her husband Vic (Mooresville, NC).
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