A Little Bit of the Past and a Lot of the Future

Today the international church management of the "Eurasia Region" is located in Buesingen's old town hall   What will we be doing while we are there? In its recent history, the European Nazarene Bible College located in Buesingen, Germany drew college students from many different continents.  Now, its role has become more diversified as students prepare for their ministry at one of seventeen different learning centers located in many different countries.  The facilities at the Bible college are open for conferences and retreats.  The regional office for the Nazarene Eurasia Region is located here and serves as the center of contact and communication for all of Europe, the present Soviet Union states, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Needless to say, there are a lot of international footprints here.  And, to think, God has placed us at the intersection of this multinational traffic stream.  This is no international accident! We dare not consider ourselves as foreigners, for we are part of the mix... in the right place at the right time.                    Many of you have asked us what we will do while we are there.  Mission Corps assignments can vary from teaching English to administrative tasks to housekeeping and landscaping duties.  Our assignment will be, in general, to support the work of the existing missionaries on campus  But, specifically, (and we learned this from our last assignment) we want to build relationships that may lead to eternal transformation - for others and for us, too!   We hope to reach out into the community with Reader's Theatre to teach English and basic communication skills through the use of wholesome movies.  We hope that we can reach seekers through Bible Conversation groups.  We hope to coffee with, study with, pray with, and hike with whomever God plants in our path.  Our assignments may be constant or vary according to need. We will do whatever we are asked and/or assigned to do, "...whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might." (Ecclesiastes 9:10) But that is the part of the journey and adventure that has called us to this place in our lives.   We like it, and we are eager to start this journey on May 15, 2013. Keep looking up!  Thank you for reading.  We can feel it when you do! Look for your adventure!       J:m and L:nda