EB turned the riser at this meeting into a beautiful living room. EB is called upon more and more for similar tasks. If there is a spiritual gift called "beauty" (to make beautiful) then she has it. EB added beauty to the evening of celebration honoring Larry and Debby Thompson for 33 years of service with Campus Crusade in Eastern Europe.
Even Vonette Bright (Bill Bright's widow) aged 83 made the trip to Budapest from Orlando to honor the Thompsons.
The next day we commissioned Marek and Ala Wyrzykowski (seated) as the new Campus Crusade Directors of Eastern Europe and Russia. Marek and Ala are Polish and speak great English; EB and I have become good friends with them. On the far left of this photo are Steve and Judy Douglas, Campus Crusade President and on the far right are Larry and Debby Thompson.
Meetings with Campus Crusade leadership from Western Europe to discuss national staff support crisis took me to a meeting location near Zurich at a Catholic monastery To my delight, the meeting site was high in the Alps. This was the view from the deck where we had our coffee breaks.
Before Zurich, EB joined me in Geneva where we toured all things John Calvin (please see essay in the next blog entry). EB is standing outside the main door into St. Pierre's church where John Calvin's preaching sparked the Reformation in the 1500s.
While outside the UN facility in Geneva, I was able to capture with my camera this car with EB's name on it!
During October I made two trips into Romania to lay the ground work for church partnerships with our campus ministries. It seems that almost each trip into Romania is like a trip back in time, as I try to capture with this photo.
Here I am as the old man trying to be relevant among a group of hip, Jesus-lovin, English-speaking college students in Timisoara, Romania.
One of my main goals the next few years is to connect our campus ministries in Romania, Albania and across Eastern Europe with USA churches. We believe we must partner with USA churches in order to fulfill the Great Commission in our part of the world. I really want to talk to you and your church!
2 comments:
Dude! Thanks for cutting me out of that last picture of the group in Romania...am I that ugly??? Great Blog buddy...I love it and I even more love what God is doing in and through you guys in Eastern Europe! It is an honor and pleasure to partner with you!
Brent-meister, you were never in that pic because you took that pic!
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