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Our dear friends, Roakes, came to visit us at the perfect time when work at the office is slow because of employee annual leave. It would be difficult to take a week off at any other time besides the time between Christmas and New Years like we did last year with our family. Rothenburg ob…

We flew to Florence, Italy Sunday night to meet and train our new service missionary couple, Elder Dario and Sister Alba Vardeu. They are locals from Rome but are vacationing with their family in Tuscany. We met them in Marina de Massa, as it was close to the location of our FSY project. We gathered…

We had a busy four days in the office this week meeting with new contacts from Greece and Italy online. In addition to our existing countries: Italy, Malta, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, we are also temporarily supporting humanitarian work in Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, and Romania until a couple can come to take the Nelsons place.…

We had two of our German field couples in the Frankfurt office for humanitarian training this week. Elder and Sister Waldal will be serving in Berlin & Hamburg. Elder and Sister Burke serve in the Frankfurt mission which goes as far south as Stuttgart. The Burkes arrived last summer when we did, but up until…

We spent the week in the office catching up from being gone for ten days. We organized materials for our new field couple that will be coming to Frankfurt next week for training. We prepared the Nationwide Austrian project for presentation. This project with Caritas will involve nine facilities (7 homeless shelters & 2 after…

We had the privilege of returning to the US for two graduation celebrations. It is a blessing that senior couples now have the opportunity to return home for important family events. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Becca’s husband Chris graduated from his periodontic residency at VCU. CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA We helped Becca and Chris move to Charlotte and…

Project for the week: School supplies for Vulnerable First Graders- Italy During the last week of July, more than 500 youth from four countries (Italy, Malta, Macedonia, and Albania) will gather for FSY (For the Strength of Youth) in Grosseto, Italy. As part of this conference, they will participate in a service activity to assemble…

This week’s humanitarian project: Emergency Food for Refugees- Rome, Italy Jesuit Relief Service seeks to mitigate malnutrition among young adult refugees and families with children who are living and sleeping on the streets while they wait for a placement in the institutional reception system provided by the municipality of Rome. This project will provide 6,…

We presented two projects for approval on Monday: Tailoring Workshops-Refugees- Torino, Italy Colori Vivi provides structured training for women in vulnerable situations. This two-year program offers an 80-hour introductory course for basic tailoring skills followed by a 6-month internship in its own workshop. An additional 6-month internship in an external tailoring workshop is financed by…

Hamburg We spent Monday in the office and took a train on Tuesday to Hamburg. The regional manager for Germany, Florian Titze, joined us for a meeting with Hanseatic Help. This is a wonderful organization that Supports more than 300 non-profit organizations in Hamburg and northern Germany such as homeless shelters, refugee camps, social services,…