Transition back to living in Vienna

Greetings to everyone.

The last two months have been extremely busy for all of our family members. In order to catch you up on all our travels, we'll being making frequent contributions to our blog over the next couple weeks including many photos. In the meantime, you can:

1. Read our latest prayer letter, which was just posted below.

2. Check out Charley's ministry trip to Armenia by checking the team's blog:

http://stamparmenia.blogspot.com/

We saw 25 Armenian children and adults indicate that they had trusted Christ. PTL!

3. Here's a picture of our four girls reunited after being apart for over two months.











Thanks for praying for us.


Charley and Cheryl
Barnabas International
Vienna, Austria

Warners' August/September 2007 Prayer Letter

NOTE: The paper version of this prayer letter will probably not reach you until September 10th or later.
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August-September 2007
Vol. 21, No. 8-9

Dear Friends,

During twenty years of overseas ministry, we have learned the value of saying proper hellos and good-byes. The good-byes happened early in the summer, as we packed up our belongings, snatched treasured moments with family and friends, attended our last services at College Church, shed some tears, and left. This was, of course, protracted a bit because we left at four different times and were also saying good-bye to each other! The truth is, we miss all of you when we are across the ocean, and we also miss our friends in Europe when we are in the U.S. But one good-bye leads to another hello, and we’ve said many of those since our return. We have moved back into the house we rented here eight years ago, and our dog has happily rejoined us (plus two new guinea pigs). Charley has already been to Ukraine and Armenia, our daughters who were on mission trips in Tanzania and Mexico have returned, and we have reconnected with many friends in Vienna. Here are the details.

Charley in Ukraine
Charley stopped off in Vienna for only one night in June before going to Odessa, Ukraine, for board meetings of the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association and two conferences on distance education/online learning. He also traveled to Cherkassy to work with Victor Sinelnikov, a former student who is assisting Charley with the English-Russian glossary of theological terminology. Kiev was his final stop on that trip.

Elizabeth in Tanzania
Elizabeth, 15, spent a rigorous two weeks at Teen Missions’ boot camp in Florida before embarking on her trip to Tanzania with a team of sixteen young short-term missionaries plus leaders. She did very well with a physically demanding regime, made strong ties with her teammates, and had a very positive experience. They made evangelistic presentations in schools in the Mt. Kilimanjaro region and saw many students make spiritual decisions. The team also began construction work on a building at the Teen Missions site. We were thankful Elizabeth was not troubled by migraine headaches or other illness—thanks for praying for that. It’s wonderful to see how God used this to stretch her and deepen her walk with Him. (Check out http://www.teenmissions.org/ and click on 2007 Teams Overseas Team Address & Reports, then 07022 Mt. Kilimanjaro Backpack.)

Melissa in Mexico
Melissa, 17, joined the College Church short-term adult missions project in LaPaz, Mexico, for a week in July. The group assisted with a vacation Bible school in a troubled area of the city for children whose homes are affected by drugs and alcohol. The VBS helped career missionaries make contacts and deepen relationships with people in this needy area. The team also painted, cleaned, and helped with other projects at a women’s shelter. Melissa was also stretched by this look at a different part of the world and saw first-hand that people everywhere need the Lord. Following her trip, Melissa spent three days in Wheaton saying her own good-byes before joining us in Vienna. We are so thankful for the role that College Church played in her life this past year and pray for God to direct her steps as she prepares to leave home next year.

STAMP Armenia
In July Charley joined a College Church mission team in Armenia for a project he helped initiate there. A very sharp group of young adults assisted the development of a church plant by running a VBS and visiting people in their homes. They survived extreme heat and other obstacles in order to share Christ with these lovely people who need a gospel witness in their area. Charley helped with logistics, troubleshooting, and communication, using both his Russian and knowledge of how things generally work there.

Budapest in September
From September 27-30 Charley will be in Budapest for the 2nd Central European Member Care Conference. Pray for the talk he’ll be giving on “The Role of the Local Church in Caring for Missionaries.”

Future Ministry Travel/Activities
Sept. 10-12 Charley visits with missionaries in Prague.
Sept. 27-30 Charley in Budapest for the Central European Member Care Consultation.
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.

Financial Update
We reached our support raising goal for one-time and all but $400/month. Thanks to everyone who has helped us return to the field. We’re still not fully supported, but we’re in a much better situation than one year ago. Please pray that we would be wise in using the finances the Lord has given us.

Thanksgiving and prayer items
1. Praise for reaching our support raising goal for one-time and all but $400/month.
2. Pray for wisdom as to which Vienna-based ministries we should be involved in.
3. Pray for Charley as he continues to battle allergies (including HSP: hypersensitivity pneumonitis).
4. Pray that we can finish our unpacking soon. It’s been a long transition back.
5. Thanks for a great year in the U.S. for our family and the opportunity to return to the field.

“The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy” (Psalm 126:3).


Charley and Cheryl Warner
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