MAY

24

A Short Term Team Member Shares Her Thoughts

  • posted by: admin
  • posted in: France
  • posted on: May 24, 2013
We're very grateful for a team of five college students from Liberty University who will be heading to Paris for a ten day trip to work with our CityReach strategy leader there in mid-June. They'll be joined by a young woman from Sweden who has been trained by our strategy leader in Stockholm.  One of the Liberty students was kind enough to offer her reflections on the pre-trip training that she and her fellow students have gone through over the last few months in preparation for what they'll be doing in Paris. After reading her thoughts, we invite you to pray for this team and for the lives they'll touch!
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MAY

06

A GEM Presidential Trip to The Balkans

  • posted by: Brandon W
  • posted in: Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • posted on: May 06, 2013
If you follow our social media sites, you would have noticed quite a few updates from Henry during his trip to The Balkans. If not, here's a video and pictorial summary of his fantastic trip. Among other things, Henry had a chance to hear God-sized stories of redemption and get a glimpse of church leaders' hopes and dreams for their people. Below is a graphic of some of the updates that we received early on from Henry last week.    
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MAY

01

Settling In to Life in Ireland

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  • posted in: Ireland
  • posted on: May 01, 2013
My voice carries. Nearly every day I catch myself thinking this, and I warn myself to speak more quietly. My voice is loud and broad, with an American accent and a hearty laugh. Back home, it is one of my gifts—in song and in speaking. But here in Ireland, my words blare noisily above a hushed crowd, and draw attention to me. They seem to call out, “I don’t belong here,” even though I so want to fit in to this place I call home—at least for now. I push my passport under the glass window, holding my breath as the immigration officer observes the stamps. A visit to the immigration bureau never fails to freak me out. “You’ve lived here before,” he says.
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APR

24

Get Your Hands Wet

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  • posted in: EUROPE
  • posted on: April 24, 2013
An eternity without God is a harsh reality facing millions in Europe. It’s also an idea that many Christ-followers don’t want to think about. But ignoring the truth doesn’t make it go away. The good news is that there is hope. Better yet, every single one of God’s children are called to embody that transforming hope, to participate in God’s purposes around the world and to share the fantastic news that eternal life begins in this life. “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
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APR

15

Serve the City: A Platform for Kingdom Influence

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  • posted in: EUROPE
  • posted on: April 15, 2013
A few months ago, we told you the story of Serve the City International. (CLICK HERE) The following is an explanation of the tremendous Kingdom potential it has as a movement, with reference to its growth and development in Dublin, as told by a former member of the GEM Ireland field team.
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