Türkiye Trip Vlog Day 2

Hear from Rev. Dr. Tom Boone, Associate Director for Mission, and two trip participants Gavin and Preston on Day 2 of The Outreach Foundation’s visit with Radmard in Istanbul, Türkiye. Gavin and Preston share some insights into what it means to be on an Outreach Foundation trip and how the lives are different for the Iranian Christian men they have encountered as opposed to their own lives here in America. We hope you will listen in and that you will come back for day three’s vlog tomorrow!

Türkiye 2024The Outreach FoundationAugust 28, 2024Radmard, Persian Diaspora Partnerships, Türkiye 2024

Türkiye Trip Vlog Introduction

Associate Director for Mission Tom Boone introduces The Outreach Foundation’s August visit with Radmard, one of our ministries in the Persian Diaspora Partnerships. The visit is taking place in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Türkiye 2024The Outreach FoundationAugust 27, 2024Türkiye 2024, Radmard, Persian Diaspora Partnerships

Tete Province Final Photo Blog

Tete Province 2024The Outreach FoundationJuly 19, 2024Tete Province, Tete

Tete Province Day 4 Trip Vlog

Watch as Berry Long, Outreach Foundation Trustee, interviews Rev. Carlos Faquione and Sebber Banda. These two amazing individuals are being the hands and feet of Christ in Tete Province and we are so glad to have them as team leaders for our Holistic Evangelism Project. We hope you enjoy this Video Blog!

Tete Province 2024The Outreach FoundationJuly 18, 2024Tete Province, Tete

Tete Province Trip Blog Day 3

Sunday was a very special day. We left the LTC early in a light rain. In spite of the rain, nearly 100 people walked to the new church in the village of Nkondedzi. The three-hour worship service had many greetings, singing, and dancing. Mark Mueller preached, and we presented some gifts to the congregation. We received gifts of chickens, sugar cane, and yams from them. After they served us lunch, we went back to collect our luggage from the LTC. We crossed the border and drove to Blantyre, Malawi, for our flight on Mon-day morning.

Tete Province 2024The Outreach FoundationJuly 17, 2024Tete Province, Tete

Tete Province Trip Blog Day 2

The next day, Friday, we left early to visit wells and schools. 6 wells were located in the Tsangano District in the northern part of Tete Province, along some of the most rugged roads we have encountered in Tete Province. The wells were busy with women and children collecting water for their families. We asked how many families were using each well and the answer ranged from 193 to 600 families. The benefit of these wells cannot be overstated. As the villagers told us, “ Water is life.” We also saw two examples of school construction being done this year. The site in the village of Monequeira currently has two 3-room brick school blocks and a grass pole building being used for classes.

Tete Province 2024The Outreach FoundationJuly 16, 2024Tete Province, Tete

Tete Province Trip Blog Day 1

Our trip to Tete Province, sponsored by The Outreach Foundation, was great. Our four-member team included fellow Trustee Tom McDow, Outreach Foundation Executive Director Mark Mueller, and my wife Elizabeth and me. We gathered in Washington, DC, on Monday, June 10, and departed for Africa the next day. After flying most of Tuesday and Wednesday, we met Sebber in Blantyre, Malawi. After a joyful reunion at the airport, we drove to the Malawi border near Mozambique, stopping on the way to see several wells we had drilled. We finally arrived in Tete Province on Thursday morning. We met up with Carlos and the pastor for the Zobue church district, Rev. Valentim Manuel. We had a meeting with the District Commissioner for the Zobue area, who thanked us on behalf of the government for the wells, schools, churches, teacher houses, and the clinic that had been built in the past few years. Then on to a visit with the Zobue church. The church members greeted us warmly, dancing, singing, and hospitality. Our hearts were full as we left them.

Tete Province 2024The Outreach FoundationJuly 15, 2024Tete Province, Tete

Ukraine Trip - Final Photo Blog

We are trying something new! The final blog from our recent trip to Ukraine will be photos from the trip. A very special thank you goes out to Susan Montoya from FPC San Diego for taking these wonderful pictures. We hope you enjoy seeing these snapshots!

Ukraine 2024The Outreach FoundationJune 14, 2024Ukraine, UETS

Ukraine Trip Vlog Day 5

In this Day 5 trip vlog, Tom Boone, Associate Director for Missions sits down with Executive Director Mark Mueller, and Vic Petrenko from FPC Mooresville, NC. Each of these men explain how they were impacted in different ways on their recent Outreach Foundation trip to Ukraine. We hope you enjoy their conversation!

Ukraine 2024The Outreach FoundationJune 13, 2024Ukraine, UETS, Europe

Ukraine Trip Vlog Day 4

On this day four trip vlog, our Associate Director for Mission, Tom Boone, interviews Susan Montoya, a trip participant from First Presbyterian Church of San Diego. We invite you to listen in as Susan talks about how hosting a Ukrainian family and getting to meet some of their extended family on this trip, has changed Susan’s life for the better. We hope you enjoy these updates. Please come back tomorrow for day five!

Ukraine 2024The Outreach FoundationJune 7, 2024UETS, Ukraine

Ukraine Trip Blog Day 3

“As Ananias was to Paul after his conversion (Acts 10) we are here with you in that hope for your encouragement. Paul emerged from his time with Ananias ‘strengthened’ and we pray the same will be true for you because we were together with the Lord among us.” With these words, Tom Boone, Associate Director for Mission, opened the resiliency retreat in Kyiv. Hosted by Ukraine Evangelical Theological Seminary (UETS), a team of 11 from the United States, Poland, and Lithuania gathered with 43 military chaplains, pastors, and their wives. For three days we shared stories, prayed, and learned about trauma and PTSD during the war in Ukraine. Three ballistic missile threats caused our phones to alarm during the day, but praise be to God, the retreat was shielded from night attacks, which meant three nights of undisturbed sleep.

Ukraine 2024The Outreach FoundationJune 6, 2024Ukraine, UETS, Europe

Ukraine Trip Vlog Day 2

On this day two trip vlog, Rev. Dr. Tom Boone interviews Rev. Rod Stone from Community Presbyterian Church in Pinehurst, NC. Rev. Stone was an integral part of the trip, providing training to military chaplains headed back to the front lines to support Ukrainian soldiers. Watch the video above to hear Rev. Stone’s reflections.

Ukraine 2024The Outreach FoundationJune 5, 2024Ukraine, mission trip

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