by Nick Mason in Japan At first, we thought COVID would go away quickly and we buckled down to do renovations in the yellow house that God blessed us with in March. A perfect way to spend social distancing time. However, the renovations ended, but the social distancing continued. But we were itching to get …
by Charles deBueger Although there were a lot of those “Blessing” videos going around over lockdown, the WEC Arts Release Arts Release team wanted to do something a bit more multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-style to celebrate the diversity of the worldwide church. But if I’d known quite how much work it was going to be, …
Now that things are opening up a bit, I have been able to go out to the coast a couple of times and to my surprise I found hundreds of my focus people hanging out there on the weekends. I was in shock to see so many. I have also ventured into the neighbourhood near …
Twelve fishermen from Indonesia found themselves stranded in Fiji when the borders suddenly closed. These young men, hired by their company for a two-year venture, were enroute to join their fishing boat and crew somewhere in the South Pacific. Fiji was to be a few-hours stopover. Now they were stuck. All young men, most of …
Sitting on a homemade swing on the rooftop, I could feel the hot Asian sun scorching my face, but I didn’t mind. I was enjoying every moment with my new friends. One of the daughters, around eight years old, insisted that we take turns pushing each other on the swing. Every time I came flying …
Our worker D tells her story: I settled into the seat in the taxi and looked at my fellow passengers. Whew. They were all women. I had just gone through some intense haggling for a taxi where I thought that the taxi drivers were going to begin fighting. But now I could breathe and relax …
When countries threatened airport and border closures, the Canadian government urged its citizens to return to Canada without delay. We had workers who went for short term and some who only had short-term visas. The best option was to get home sooner rather than later – but it was easier said than done. Here are …
…it will burst out in one way or another to grab people’s attention. Quote from a worker in the Middle East: “The pandemic is helping to spread the Gospel!” He went on to give praise to God that the leaders of the Church are using their church websites and social media to give answersfrom the Bible …
By Laurie Boling In the summer of 2020, Mike and I will be moving to California to be closer to my parents. This is a teachable moment from our time at the WEC home base. To communicate the full effect, I have to share an incident that happened before coming to Canada. We had …
Walter and Melita Mohr, semi-retired workers that were in Indonesia and then on Canadian home staff, received warm greetings for Christmas from church leaders in Surabaya where they served from 1974 to 1978. The Church writes, “We begin this year with much blessing. On January 5, 2020 we celebrated 45 years since our church started. …
