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Poznan, Poland - After a six-month delay, Sweet Surrender Coffee House opened its doors for official business on Tuesday, April 6. The Poznan café, which is the second Sweet Surrender coffee house in Poland, had been waiting for a permit that was held up by a conflict in disabled access requirements between the historical society and the city. Sweet Surrender finally received the permit at the end of March.

While pruning back weeds and shrubs, fixing a fence and painting walls, the Work & Witness team to Moncalieri, Italy, suddenly found cake raining down from the sky. The eight students and two staff members from European Nazarene College (EuNC) in Busingen, Germany, traveled to Moncalieri Church of the Nazarene for a one-week work trip over spring break in early April.

The Eurasia regional NYI (Nazarene Youth International) council met in Büsingen, Switzerland, Irbid, Jordan, and Sofia, Bulgaria, 26-31 March 2010. This was the first opportunity for the new council to meet following the 2009 Global NYI Convention.

Dinajpor, Bangladesh - Dressed in spotless white, two long lines of men and women stood in the dusty yard under the hot spring sun of Bangladesh, waiting to make history. As the first musical notes were struck, the 193 future elders, including 30 women, marched along a red carpet and into the large hall to be ordained during the 17th Bangladesh District Assembly on March 24.

Dinajpor, Bangladesh - History and future. Missions of the 21st century. That’s what more than 2,000 Bangladeshis and a group of foreign visitors experienced at the 17th Bangladesh District Assembly March 23-24 when nearly 2000 delegates unanimously voted to sponsor the creation of two Phase 3 districts by dividing the current Bangladesh District into three self-supported districts.

Dinajpor, Bangladesh - One hundred and ninety-four graduates – including 30 women -- received their diplomas in South Asia Nazarene Bible College’s (SANBC) graduation March 23 as part of the Bangladesh 17th District Assembly. The Bangladesh class was more than five times the size of last year’s class, which numbered 36.

In February, ministry leaders in northern Bangladesh received their first ARK, a 5- by 7-meter portable building made of long poles and special canvas fabric, useful for a variety of ministries from JESUS Film showings to pastoral education to compassionate ministries.

Manchester, England - For Brooklands Church of the Nazarene, a church building is not just for worship, Sunday School and congregational gatherings. It is a link to the community, facilitating relationships with people who otherwise may never visit the church.

Gelnhausen, Germany - European Nazarene College (EuNC) unveiled a new online German-language collection of courses during the German District Assembly 5 and 6 March. The EuNC-Online Deutsch program, which starts in April, was the result of discussing educational needs with the Germany district, said Rector Klaus Arnold.

Ukraine - Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM) continues to expand partnerships throughout the world in order to come alongside those who are already living with AIDS and to help prevent future HIV infections.

More than 100 pastors and lay leaders converged on the campus of European Nazarene College (EuNC) in January for the Leadership Conference held annually for the past 20 years to provide continuing education for leaders in the college’s educational region.