Where Worlds Meet is our monthly newsletter where you can read about some of the ways that God is moving in the Eurasia Region. Click on an article below to read about some stories of life change and how God is at work or subscribe below.
Sheltered: Couple are dependent on others for housing during lockdown
*Ben and *Amy had just arrived in the United States for their March-to-June home assignment when the world shut down to slow the spread of coronavirus. In short order, their church services and missionary gatherings were suspended, upending their schedule, as well as leaving them in an unfamiliar part of [...]
Seperated across continents, couple sees God meeting their needs
With his wife, Theresa, stuck in the United States following what was supposed to be a quick visit to check on her ailing mother, Bill Grigory, a missionary to Bulgaria, found himself alone, in lockdown in the city of Varna without access to their bank account. The Grigorys didn’t know [...]
Stranded: Missionary finds peace and purpose in the waiting
Just hours after *Genesis’s plane landed in Paraguay on March 10, the airport shut down in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Her family drove her to their home in Argentina, where she had planned to spend a week before returning to a second year’s missionary assignment in the Middle [...]
Meditative prayer offers deeper walk, peace in Christ during lockdown stresses
Pastor Helen Lawson said the practice of Christian meditation has given her life, and that’s why she’s teaching the practice to others during the United Kingdom’s coronavirus lockdown. Throughout the pandemic, Lawson has made weekly audio recordings to guide listeners through a Christian meditation practice, posting them to her churches’ [...]
Albanian church gives so others can have buildings
The Church of the Nazarene in Gorre, Albania, worships in what was formerly a community center built in the Soviet era as a lunch space for laborers. Pastor Ermal Gjermeni remembers eating meals with his father there when Ermal was still a child. As a beneficiary of global Nazarene [...]
Science teacher-turned-missionary looks back on ministry in Romania
When Roberta Bustin first sensed God was calling her to missions, she was incredulous. At the time, Bustin was teaching science at a liberal arts college. During the summer she and her students conducted research for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the USA). She also taught at a [...]