On this third day trip vlog, Kelly and Casey Blighton from South Highland Presbyterian Church share their experience as first-time mission participants! Hear them share their work with children at our conference and their thoughts on the Persian faith community’s vitality.
Read MoreIn 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!
Read More“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.
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