Special Need - Elizabeth on summer mission trip to Nicaragua

Hello friends,

As many of you know our daughter, Elizabeth, will be going on a summer missions project with Teen Missions in Nicaragua this summer. There are two different ways you could be financially involved in supporting Elizabeth: through Teen Missions (mailed to us) and through Barnabas International (mailed directly to the Barnabas office).

If you are interested in supporting Elizabeth on her trip, we can send you information on her summer ministry as well as how to make a contribution to Teen Missions. Just send us an email (warner@barnabas.org). As of today--April 9, 2008--she still needs to raise another $ 900. This money is for the actual expenses for the mission project.

Donations may also be sent to Barnabas International, which is operating an account for her to cover additional expenses (visa, immunizations, airfare). As of today--April 9, 2008--she still needs another $ 1,100 to cover these additional expenses. Checks should be made out to "Barnabas International" with a separate note included indicating the check is for Elizabeth. Checks should be mailed to:


Barnabas International
PO Box 11211
Rockford, IL 61126-1211

Phone: (815) 395-1335
Email: office@barnabas.org


Thank you to the many individuals who have prayed for Elizabeth and supported her last year on her trip to Tanzania, and this year as well. (She also went to Bosnia in January 2008 on a school mission trip).

Thanks for considering supporting Elizabeth's summer mission trip to Nicaragua.

Charley and Cheryl Warner
Barnabas International
Vienna, Austria

Email: warner@barnabas.org

March-April 2008

Vol. 22, No. 3-4

Dear Family and Friends,

We’ve been keeping our travel agent busy. Charley is headed to Ukraine in April for an accreditation visit at a seminary, and a few days later to Armenia to teach a missions course at the Armenian Baptist Seminary. Here’s a look at where he has been lately and what’s ahead for all of us for the summer.

European Member Care Consultation in France

From February 26 to March 2 Charley attended the European Member Care Consultation near Lille, France. He organized the small groups, facilitated the evening session on “Burning Issues” in Member Care and rejoined the Member Care Europe steering group as the representative for Central and Eastern Europe. Please pray for him as he seeks to find a national from Eastern Europe who can be on the Steering Group. Even though there is much interest and involvement in mission work in our part of the world, interest in taking care of missionaries is only beginning.

At the same conference Charley was asked to be one of the liaisons to mission movements in Central and Eastern Europe for the European Evangelical Missionary Alliance (EEMA). Over the next few years Charley will be traveling to visit new mission movements throughout the region, bringing encouragement and counsel. Charley will also be on the Organizing Committee for the EEMA’s next conference in November 2009. Please pray for Charley in this new role.

Financial update

Our Barnabas International support account is still in the black thanks to several generous donations we received in November and December 2007. Thank you! However, that surplus is slowly dwindling as the US Dollar loses value. As of April 8th the US Dollar is $1.57 to 1 Euro. When we planned our annual budget last year the exchange rate was $1.30 to 1 Euro. So over the course of the last year the US Dollar has dropped by 20% in value. Please pray that the US Dollar will strengthen against the Euro.

Ministry and hospitality in Vienna

Charley will soon begin his service on the Vienna Christian School (VCS) School Board. With his experience in educational accreditation in the former Soviet Union, he will be able to assist in the reaccreditation process that VCS will go through next year with ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International). Cheryl will continue her part-time work next year producing publications for VCS, and will also assist in producing written reports for accreditation requirements.

Missionary friends who go way back with us to early days in Odessa (1991) recently spent several days in our home, giving us the joy of catching up and of extending hospitality. Although we had both moved and had not seen each other for many years, Charley “happened” to contact these friends just a few weeks before their planned trip to Vienna. Their 11-year-old niece, who recently came to live with them in Europe following the death of her father, also stayed with us. It was sweet to watch a friendship bloom between her and our own dear 11-year-old Laura. We want to continue to encourage this girl, who is grieving the loss of a parent, adjusting to a new family situation, living in a foreign country, and finding out what it means to live as a child of missionaries. Pray for Priscilla. We thank God for the opportunities He brings us to encourage missionaries on the field.

Family updates

Melissa is deciding this month which college she will attend in the fall. Please pray for her to know God’s leading. She is also playing a lead role in the school production of Disney’s High School Musical. She graduates June 11.

Elizabeth is also in the musical at school. She is taking guitar lessons and is studying for an AP exam in World History to be taken May 15^th. She is preparing for her summer mission trip to Nicaragua with Teen Missions, and is raising financial and prayer support for that. If you are interested in supporting her for that trip, we can send you information on how to make a contribution to Teen Missions. Donations can also be sent to Barnabas International, which is operating an account for her to cover additional expenses (visa, immunizations, airfare). A separate note should be included indicating the check is for Elizabeth. Thank you to the many individuals who have prayed for Elizabeth and supported her last year on her trip to Tanzania, and this year as well. She also went to Bosnia in January on a school mission trip.

Laura is finishing up fifth grade. She loves to read, cook, email her friends in America and drink tea with mom. She is in drama club at school and sings with the worship team for chapel.

Emily has just joined a baseball team for boys and girls, but turned out to be the only girl! She loves horses, reading and talking. Her third-grade teacher just got engaged, and Emily can tell you all about the ring and wedding plans.

Cancellation of airline miles idea
Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the idea of friends and family donating miles for tickets this summer. Thank you to those who offered miles. However, in the end the combined amount of miles was not enough to buy a ticket. In addition, we discovered the number of award mileage seats available in the “Star Alliance” is minimal for summer travel and such seats were booked up until September.

We are thankful to those who have donated money to buy four of the six tickets we need for the summer to attend the 50^th anniversary celebration for Charley’s parents. If you are interested in donating money for our tickets, please contact us.

Thanksgiving and prayer items

1. Pray for Charley as he works on his English-Russian Glossary of Theological Terminology.

2. Pray for our personal walks with the Lord to be fresh and vital, and for our children’s growth as well.

3. Pray for the US Dollar to strengthen against the Euro. It now is at $ 1.57 USD to 1 Euro.

4. Pray for our oldest daughter, Melissa, as she finishes her senior year at VCS and decides where to attend college in the US. Pray for the Lord to direct her to the right place and for the finances she'll need.

5. Pray for Cheryl as she is working at Vienna Christian School.

6. Pray for Charley in his new role working with the European Evangelical Missionary Alliance.

7. Pray that Russia will reverse its new visa regulations for foreigners.

8. Pray for our family’s busy spring/summer schedule especially in June (See “Future Ministry Travel/Activities” at the end of this post).

Thank you for prayers and partnership with us. Blessings to you.

Charley and Cheryl Warner
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Communicating with the Warners

Warner family blog - http://ccwarner.blogspot.com

Warners’ Electronic Updates - Send us your e-mail address and we’ll include you.

Skype over the Internet - Our Skype contact ID is: ccwarner (For more information www.skype.com) Skype phone: 630-687-1426

FIELD ADDRESS:
Pröpstlgasse 9
A-1220 Vienna
Austria

warner@barnabas.org (general)
cheryl@barnabas.org (personal)

Home phone from the US: (011) 43-1-734-5541
Charley’s cell from the US: (011) 43-664-546-3314
Cheryl’s cell from the US: (011) 43-664-546-6289

Tax-deductible gifts for the Warners’ ministry may be sent to:
Barnabas International, PO Box 11211, Rockford, IL 61126-1211 USA

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Future Ministry/Travel Activities:

April/May

April 13-19 Charley has EAAA meetings in Lviv, Ukraine, visiting seminaries, a missionary training school (where he might be involved in training national missionaries), and missionaries.

April 24 - May 3 Charley teaching a missions course at the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Armenia; also visiting missionaries and national church leaders.

June

June 5-10 Charley at the Barnabas International staff and Board meetings in Elgin, IL. Possibly arriving in the States in late May in order to visit a supporting church.

June 11 Melissa graduates from Vienna Christian School in Vienna, Austria.

June 13 Elizabeth leaves for the States to begin her summer ministry with Teen Missions in Nicaragua.

June 14-20 Charley in Lviv, Ukraine, for EAAA Board meetings and Faculty Development Seminar.

June 22 Melissa leaves for the States and the Barnabas International “Reentry Seminar” at Biola.

July

July 18 Charley, Cheryl, Laura and Emily to the USA for meetings with individual supporters and supporting churches in both Illinois and Florida; also Charley’s parents’ 50^th wedding anniversary.

--July 18-25 in Wheaton, IL and also, possibly, in Minnesota visiting family and supporters.

--July 25-August 5 in Fort Myers and Venice, Florida, visiting family and supporters.

August

August 5-14 Cheryl, Melissa, Laura and Emily in Fort Worth, Texas (Charley stays until August 8^th).

August 9 Charley returns to Vienna.

August 14 Elizabeth ends her summer mission experience with Teen Missions in Nicaragua and then flies to Chicago, meeting Cheryl and the girls at O’Hare.

August 16-22 Charley attends the International Association of Mission Studies (IAMS) Triennial Meetings in Hungary.

August 22 Melissa begins college…where ???

August 24 Cheryl, Elizabeth, Laura and Emily return to Vienna.

August 25 VCS school begins again for Elizabeth, Laura and Emily. Cheryl resumes work at VCS.

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January/February 2008--Prayer Letter

January-February 2008

Vol. 22, No. 1-2

Dear Family and Friends,

The new year is in full swing with a busy travel schedule ahead. But the year began with a surprise.

Moscow trip cancelled

Charley was due to travel to Moscow, Russia January 14-19 to attend a seminar for writing online courses sponsored by the EAAA, for which he is the International Assistant. But God had other plans. When he went to apply for a visa at the Russian Consulate in Vienna they wouldn’t even consider his application. We’re hoping that this is a one-off fluke and not a future pattern which might hinder his ministering in Russia in the future. Needless to say, Charley was very disappointed in not being able to go to Moscow as he had to cancel several meetings with missionaries that he had already had set up.

Note: A major prayer request is for missionaries in Russia facing new visa regulations. These new regulations might require missionaries to leave the country every 90 days and stay out of the country for 90 days before they could return to Russia. Missionaries would also be required to apply for new visas only when they are in their passport country; in other words, American missionaries would have to apply for a Russian visa only while they were in the States and only to the Russian Consulate in Washington, D.C.; Australian citizens could only apply in Australia, and so forth. You can imagine how these new regulations might be highly disruptive for missionary families from around the world, especially in regard to schooling their children. It could be that many missionaries currently in Russia will move to Ukraine and then occasionally travel to Russia for ministry.

Upcoming Ministry Travel:

Feb. 26-March 2 European Member Care Consultation near Lille, France. Charley will leading an evening session on “Hot Topics” in Member Care, coordinate the small groups at the conference and will also officially rejoin the Member Care Europe leadership team.

April 13-19 Charley has EAAA meetings in Lviv, Ukraine, visiting seminaries, and missionaries.

April 25 - May 3 Charley teaching a missions course at the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Armenia; also visiting missionaries and national church leaders.

June 5-10 Charley at the Barnabas International staff and Board meetings in Elgin, IL

June 11 Melissa graduates from Vienna Christian School in Vienna, Austria.

June 13 Elizabeth leaves for the States to begin her summer ministry with Teen Missions in Nicaragua.

June 14-20 Charley in Lviv, Ukraine, for EAAA Board meetings and visiting a missionary training school (where he might be involved in training national missionaries),

June 22 Melissa leaves for the States and the Barnabas International “Reentry Seminar” for missionary kids at Biola University in California.

Prague

Our family spent a delightful weekend in Prague in January, staying with missionary friends and hearing Melissa sing in a 100-voice Honor Choir. Students from Christian schools in 11 countries sang in the choir, a memorable experience for Melissa and wonderful to hear.

Financial update

For the first time in years our Barnabas International support account is solidly in the black thanks to several generous donations we received in November and December 2007. Thank you! Praise the Lord! Please pray that the US Dollar will strengthen against the Euro. As of Feb. 1^st the US Dollar is $1.48 to 1 Euro.

Website update

We are still working on updating our website and improving our email communications with you. We thought we would have this completed by the end of January but Charley had severe allergy and asthma problems for the first three weeks of the month which has delayed progress on the website. Sorry about this. We will notify you as soon as everything is up and running smoothly.

Thanksgiving and prayer items

1. Pray for Charley as he works on his English-Russian Glossary of Theological Terminology.

2. Pray for our personal walks with the Lord to be fresh and vital, and for our children’s growth as well.

3. Pray for the US Dollar to strengthen against the Euro.

4. Pray for our oldest daughter, Melissa, as she finishes her senior year at VCS and applies to colleges in the US. Pray for the Lord to direct her to the right place and for the finances she'll need.

5. Pray for Cheryl as she is working at Vienna Christian School.

6. Pray for wisdom for us as we consider ministry opportunities in Vienna.

7. Pray that Russia will reverse its new visa regulations for foreigners.

8. Pray for our family’s busy spring schedule especially in June (See “Upcoming Travel”).

Thank you for prayers and partnership with us. Blessings to you.

Charley and Cheryl Warner
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Communicating with the Warners

Warner family blog - http://ccwarner.blogspot.com

Warners’ Electronic Updates - Send us your e-mail address and we’ll include you.

Skype over the Internet - Our Skype contact ID is: ccwarner (For more information www.skype.com) Skype phone: 630-687-1426

FIELD ADDRESS:
Pröpstlgasse 9
A-1220 Vienna
Austria

warner@barnabas.org (general)
cheryl@barnabas.org (personal)

Home phone from the US: (011) 43-1-734-5541
Charley’s cell from the US: (011) 43-664-546-3314
Cheryl’s cell from the US: (011) 43-664-546-6289

Tax-deductible gifts for the Warners’ ministry may be sent to:
Barnabas International, PO Box 11211, Rockford, IL 61126-1211 USA

Christmas 2007--Prayer letter

December 2007

Pröpstlgasse 9
A-1220
Vienna, Austria
EUROPE

Volume 21, Issue 12

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE WARNERS

Dear Family and Friends,

Many faces and places fill our hearts and minds as we look back over the year. Illinois, Florida, Minnesota, California, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana . . . Grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, many friends . . .

We’re thankful for a year in America and the chance to visit supporting churches and see so many of you. Then Austria, Ukraine, Armenia, Hungary, Czech Republic . . . Time spent with missionaries, national colleagues, seminary students, more friends . . . Mission trips for our girls to Mexico and Tanzania, learning about other people and cultures and depending on God in new ways.

It’s been a remarkable year. We thank God for keeping us safe through the miles, for giving us the gift of time with people we love, for upholding us through the changes, and for working in and through us along the way.

Merry Christmas to you, and thank you for the part you play in our lives and the place you have in our hearts.

Charley and Cheryl
Melissa, Elizabeth, Laura & Emily

Left: Elizabeth with Baby Destiny in an orphanage in Tanzania


Charley and Melissa at EAAA conference in Ukraine



Cheryl editing in Wheaton


Home in Vienna with Bingo


Melissa on train in Ukraine eating pelmyeni

Tax-deductible gifts for the Warners’ ministry can be sent to:

Barnabas International
P.O. Box 11211
Rockford, IL 61126-121
USA

Warners' November 2007--Prayer letter

November 2007
Vol. 21, No. 11

Dear Family and Friends,

“Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!” (2 Cor. 9:15, ESV)

In one verse Paul describes both his thankfulness to God for giving his Son, Jesus, yet also his inability to completely describe all that the incarnation entails. It’s a message for both the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. When we look back on twenty years of missions ministry in the former Soviet Union, it can only be with a spirit of thankfulness for how God has led us and been faithful. We are also thankful for your faithfulness in supporting us in prayer and in finances. Thank you!

Ukraine in October
Charley and Melissa were in Ukraine October 20-29 traveling to the cities of Kiev, Irpen, Cherkassy and Odessa. The first couple of days they stayed with long-time friends Ray and Cindy LeClair, Eurasia Directors for ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International). In 1991 we had stayed in Moscow with Ray and Cindy, on our way to moving to Odessa; Melissa was 16 months old at the time.

The rest of the week was spent at the 10th anniversary conference of the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association (EAAA). Charley is the International Assistant for the EAAA, which accredits evangelical theological schools in the countries of the former Soviet Union, translates and publishes theological textbooks from German and English into Russian, conducts faculty development seminars, and promotes online theological education, among other important projects. At this year's conference in Irpen, Ukraine, we had 44 of the 55 member schools in attendance with more than 120 participants.

As the EAAA International Assistant, Charley helped with the administration of the conference, especially with foreign guests, and also gave a report on the EAAA's international relationships and partnerships. During the conference Melissa met Olga Zaprometova, Academic Dean of the Eurasian Theological Seminary in Moscow, Russia. We first met Olga in December 1989, while living with a family in Moscow for two months. At that time Cheryl was expecting Melissa. After the conference was over the EAAA Board met to discuss accreditation visits, projects and other Association work.

From Kiev they traveled 2 1/2 hours southeast by minibus to the city of Cherkassy, Ukraine, where they visited one of Charley's former students at the Odessa Theological Seminary, Victor Sinelnikov, and his family. Victor is assisting Charley with his English-Russian Glossary of Theological Terminology. Victor's children were some of Melissa's playmates when we lived in Odessa. From Cherkassy they took an overnight train to Odessa. While on the train they enjoyed one of our favorite foods--pelmeni--which are like meat-stuffed ravioli without the tomato sauce. Delicious!

In Odessa they had lunch with Sergei and Tanya Sannikov at the EAAA offices in Odessa. Sergei founded the Odessa Theological Seminary and is the Executive Director of the EAAA. We first met Sergei at a theological education conference in Vienna, Austria, in August 1990. Melissa was 6 months old at the time and loved to pull on Sergei's beard! We praise the Lord for the 17 years (and counting) of ministry partnership with Sergei.

The trip was special as they enjoyed some father-daughter time and Melissa saw childhood places and friends from when we lived in Odessa. All this was prior to Melissa heading to college next fall.

Trip photos can be found on our blog at: http://ccwarner.blogspot.com

Budapest in November
As you receive this Charley will have just finished attending the European Evangelical Missions Association meetings in Budapest, Hungary, November 14-17. These meetings annually bring together mission leaders and missionaries from all across Europe. This is the first time Charley will be attending the EEMA meetings. He will be assisting with a presentation on member care of missionaries.

Financial update
For the month of November we received 73% of our normal salary, our account at Barnabas is in the red at -$ 2,700, and the US Dollar has dropped even further to $ 1.47 to 1 Euro. We’ve already canceled one ministry trip in each month of November, December and January. Please pray for us and our financial support situation. If you can give an extra gift by the end of the year we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Airline miles needed to get to wedding anniversary
Next summer is Charley’s parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. The celebrations will be in Venice, Florida, the first week of August 2008. For our entire family to go would cost over $7,500, coming from Europe at the height of the summer season. This cost is prohibitive for us, yet we want to honor Charley's parents with our presence on such an important occasion. Maybe you can help us.

Right now the cheapest airline is Austrian Air, which is part of the “Star Alliance” with United. It takes 50,000 miles to purchase one round-trip overseas ticket, so we need a total of 300,000 miles. If you are interested in donating some miles toward the purchase of our tickets, we would greatly appreciate it. Just contact us at either of our email addresses below.

Thanksgiving and prayer items

1. Pray for Charley as he works on his English-Russian Glossary of Theological Terminology.

2. Pray for our personal walks with the Lord to be fresh and vital, and for our children’s growth as well.

3. Pray for the US Dollar to strengthen against the Euro.

4. Pray for our oldest daughter, Melissa, as she finishes her senior year at VCS and applies to colleges in the US. Pray for the Lord to direct her to the right place and for the finances she'll need.

5. Pray for Cheryl as she is working at Vienna Christian School and in freelance editing. Pray for more paid editing work to come her way.

6. Pray for wisdom for us as we consider ministry opportunities in Vienna.

Thank you for prayers and partnership with us. Blessings to you.

Charley and Cheryl Warner
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Communicating with the Warners

Warner family bloghttp://ccwarner.blogspot.com

Warners’ Electronic Updates--Send us your e-mail address and we’ll include you.

Skype over the InternetàOur Skype contact ID is: ccwarner (For more information www.skype.com) Skype phone: 630-687-1426

FIELD ADDRESS:
Pröpstlgasse 9
A-1220 Vienna
Austria

warner@barnabas.org (general)
cheryl@barnabas.org (personal)

Home phone from the US: (011) 43-1-734-5541
Charley’s cell from the US: (011) 43-664-546-3314
Cheryl’s cell from the US: (011) 43-664-546-6289

Tax-deductible gifts for the Warners’ ministry may be sent to:
Barnabas International, PO Box 11211, Rockford, IL 61126-1211 USA

Charley and Melissa's trip to Ukraine--October 20-29, 2007

Greetings.

Charley and Melissa have just returned from a ministry trip to Ukraine October 20-29, 2007, having visited the cities of Kiev, Irpen, Cherkassy, and Odessa. This trip included times of ministry with missionaries, nationals and the EAAA conference, as well as a trip down memory lane for Melissa as she saw many familiar sites from when we lived in Odessa from 1991-1999. She wanted one last trip to Ukraine before she heads to college next year.

Here's some pictures from their trip.

Enjoy.

Charley and Cheryl
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We began our trip in Kiev staying with Ray and Cindy LeClair, Eurasia Directors for ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International). We had stayed with Ray and Cindy for a week back in July 1991, on our way to moving to Odessa; Melissa was 16 months old at the time.

This is Melissa in the Maidan or Independence Square in Kiev. This is where the Orange Revolution happened in Ukraine in 2004.

The 10th anniversary General Meeting of the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association of Evangelical Schools (EAAA) held in Irpen, Ukraine (just outside of Kiev). We had 44 of the 55 member schools in attendance with over 120 participants.

As the EAAA International Assistant, Charley helps with the administration of the conference, especially with foreign guests as well as...

...giving a report to the conference on the EAAA's international relationships and partnerships.


This is Olga Zaprometova, the Academic Dean of the Eurasian Theological Seminary in Moscow, Russia. We first met Olga in December 1989 when we lived with a family in Moscow for three months. At the time Cheryl was 7 months pregnant with Melissa. This conference was the first time Olga and Melissa had met.

Also at the conference was College Church in Wheaton missionary Chad Wiebe who serves with SEND International in Krasnoyarsk (Siberia), Russia. We first met Chad's wife, Lena, in Odessa in the early 1990s before we had met Chad! It's amazing what a jar of soup can do.

After the conference was over the EAAA Board met to discuss accreditation visits, projects and other Association work. Charley is in the yellow shirt and tie on the right.

From Kiev we traveled 2 1/2 hours southeast by minibus to the city of Cherkassy, Ukraine where we visited with one of Charley's former students at the Odessa Theological Seminary, Victor Sinelnikov, and his family. Victor is assisting Charley with his English-Russian Glossary of Theological Terminology. Victor's children were some of Melissa's playmates when we lived in Odessa.

From Cherkassy we took an overnight train to Odessa. While on the train we enjoyed one of our favorite foods--pelmeni--which are like meat-stuffed ravioli without the tomato sauce. In this case, we added ketchup. Delicious!

After we arrived in Odessa we had lunch with Sergei and Tanya Sannikov at the EAAA offices in Odessa. Sergei founded the Odessa Theological Seminary and is the Executive Director of the EAAA. We first met Sergei at a theological education conference in Vienna, Austria in August 1990. Melissa was 6 months old at the time and loved to pull on Sergei's beard! We praise the Lord for the 17 years (and counting) of ministry partnership with Sergei.

Melissa in front of the recently remodeled and reopened Odessa Opera House. The decorated limosines are in the photo because we were standing next to the wedding palace. The light blue flags in the background were part of the beginnings of a protest about the rededication of a monument to Catherine the Great who ruled Russia in the 18th century.

Our trip came to an end on Monday October 29th with a 5:15 AM flight from Odessa back to Vienna. God has been faithful all these many years both in our family and in our ministry. Thank you for your ongoing prayer and financial support.

Warners' October 2007--Prayer Letter

Hello to all our friends and family!

Here's our latest prayer letter.

Charley and Cheryl
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October 2007
Vol. 21, No. 10
Dear Family and Friends,

In mid-September we celebrated the 20th anniversary of our arrival on the mission field. We thank God for His faithfulness and for allowing us to continue in ministry in Europe. The next benchmark anniversary comes October 22nd, the date Charley became a Christian 30 years ago.

Vienna, Prague, and Next Door
The girls have all gone back to school, and Cheryl has literally joined them this year. She has taken a part-time job in the communications area at Vienna Christian School, working with publications and special editing assignments. This gives us a substantial tuition reduction, helping with our budget, and she enjoys the work and the bonus of being near the girls. Laura and Emily are new to this school and have adjusted well. Emily spent a few weeks in second grade but just moved into third grade, and we pray that this new challenge continues to go well for her. (Cheryl is also seeking additional freelance editing work. She would appreciate any leads for editing or proofreading jobs. Contact her at cheryl@barnabas.org.)

Charley spent a few days in September in Prague with a missionary family who have been battered by many trials. He was able to help them think through their situation and bring encouragement to them.

One Sunday evening in September, Cheryl had an unprecedented opportunity to share Christ with our neighbor, who resides next door only sporadically. She went to retrieve a volleyball that went over the fence, and stayed for a long, in-depth conversation. This single woman is seeking and was surprisingly open. Please pray for Karin’s eyes to be open to the truth of the gospel and for her to embrace Christ.

Member Care Conference in Budapest
Charley helped organize the 2nd Central European Member Care Conference, which was held September 27-30 in Budapest. He also gave a talk on “The Role of the Local Church in Caring for Missionaries,” focusing especially on furlough. This conference was designed to help equip missionaries and nationals from Central Europe for their own ministries of encouragement.

Future Ministry Travel/Activities
Oct. 20-27 Charley in Kiev for the 10th anniversary meetings of the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association.

Nov. 14-18 Charley in Budapest for the European Evangelical Missions Association meetings.

Ukraine in October
October 22-25, 2007, will mark the 10th anniversary conference of the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association (EAAA). Charley is the International Assistant for the EAAA, which accredits evangelical theological schools in the countries of the former Soviet Union, translates and publishes theological textbooks from German and English into Russian, conducts faculty development seminars, and promotes online theological education, among other important projects. This year's conference will be held in Irpin, Ukraine, just outside of Kiev. Pray for Charley as he organizes and attends this event. Melissa will travel with him to Ukraine, visiting Odessa (where half her childhood was spent), Kiev and Cherkassy, and enjoying some father-daughter time.

Financial Update
Although we are not quite at 100 percent of our support target, we are in a much better position than we were in a year ago. We do, however, fight discouragement when we look at the still declining value of the dollar. As of the end of September the exchange rate is $1.42 to 1 Euro, an all-time high. When Cheryl recently visited a dentist after breaking a tooth and was told the necessary crown would cost 700 Euros (about $1,000) not covered by insurance, she joked that it would be cheaper to fly to the U.S. to have the work done. (We did find a much cheaper option in Hungary, about an hour away, with a dentist who is highly recommended.) But the high Euro is really a serious matter for all U.S.-sent missionaries living in the Euro-zone. Please pray for us to continue to trust in the Lord God, our Provider, and not be discouraged by the high cost of living.

Airline miles needed to get to wedding anniversaryNext summer is Charley’s parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. The celebrations will be in Venice, Florida, the first week of August 2008. For our entire family to go would cost over $7,500, coming from Europe at the height of the summer season. This cost is prohibitive for us, yet we want to honor Charley's parents with our presence on such an important occasion. Maybe you can help us.

Right now the cheapest airline is Austrian Air which is part of the “Star Alliance” with United. It takes 50,000 miles to purchase one round-trip overseas ticket, so we need a total of 300,000 miles. If you are interested in donating some miles toward the purchase of our tickets, we would greatly appreciate it. Just contact us at either of our email addresses below.

Thanksgiving and prayer items
1. Praise God for 20 years overseas and 30 years of knowing Christ for Charley.
2. Pray for our personal walks with the Lord to be fresh and vital, and for our children’s growth as well.
3. Pray for the US Dollar to strengthen against the Euro.
4. Pray for our oldest daughter, Melissa, as she finishes her senior year at VCS and applies to colleges in the US. Pray for the Lord to direct her to the right place and for the finances she'll need.
5. Pray for Cheryl as she adjusts to working again both at Vienna Christian School and in freelance editing. Pray for more paid editing work to come her way.

Thank you for prayers and partnership with us. Blessings to you.


Charley and Cheryl Warner
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Communicating with the Warners
Warner family blog--www.ccwarner.blogspot.com
Warners’ Electronic Updates--Send us your e-mail address and we’ll include you.
Skype over the Internet--Our Skype contact ID is: ccwarner (For more information www.skype.com)

FIELD ADDRESS:
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A-1220 Vienna
Austria

Home phone from the US: (011) 43-1-734-5541
Charley’s cell from the US: (011) 43-664-546-3314
Cheryl’s cell from the US: (011) 43-664-546-6289
Skype phone: 630-687-1426

warner@barnabas.org (general)
cheryl@barnabas.org (personal)


Tax-deductible gifts for the Warners’ ministry may be sent to:
Barnabas International
PO Box 11211
Rockford, IL 61126-1211
USA