We took advantage of the office being closed for the holidays and on Christmas morning flew to Bari, Italy with Elder and Sister Muehlmann. Polignano a Mare Polignano a Mare is a beautiful town on Italy’s southern Adriatic coast. We enjoyed stunning views from Pietra Piatta and Terazza Santo Stefano. We visited the Domenico Modugno…

We spent last Monday, Tuesday and Friday training Elder and Sister Sutterfield which included strategy meetings for 2026 with their infield couples in Bulgaria and Cyprus, closing projects, entering MEAL evaluations, reviewing open projects, calls with NGO’s about future projects, how to create the legal document that accompanies each project, how to enter a vendor…

Elder and Sister Sutterfield have arrived! They are the Nelsons replacements who went home on the first of August. Since then, we have been juggling humanitarian projects in 9 countries. We are grateful to be able to turn project management for Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, and Romania over to them. It has been such a blessing…

We were in the office until 9pm Monday night, went home and packed, and headed to Vienna early Tuesday morning. Elder & Sister Muehlmann (our in-field couple), Signe Lassl (Austria National Communications Director) and Helmut Wondra (Welfare & Self-Reliance Manager) met us for lunch to prepare for our visit at Vinzi Werke Social Market. Vinzi…

Our week began with two days in the office with wonderful evening activities. On Monday we celebrated Thanksgiving at a potluck FHE dinner with our fellow senior missionaries. On Tuesday evening we took two sisters from our branch to the temple. We love Karen and Antonia, mother and daughter from Honduras. We are so thankful…

We spent the first part of the week in the office preparing projects for approval. Meals for Vulnerable- Frankfurt, Germany YSA from our church in Frankfurt will serve a festival holiday meal at our church in December to people referred by the local food bank. Through a month-long food drive, they will also send them…

We had two of our in-field couples in Frankfurt for training this week. Elder and Sister Anderson who serve in Bulgaria arrived in-country last month. Elder and Sister Herway who serve in Milano, Italy arrived last week. It is inspiring to meet these interesting, capable, accomplished, dedicated people. Both are serving their second missions as…

Our morning walks were full of beauty this week: misty meadows, gorgeous sunrises, and a harvest moon. We had a busy week in the office. We had seven projects approved this week which means approval letters, legal documents to send to the organizations to sign, vendor set ups, and payment requests. We also prepared training…

Ed has been working for the last year on emergency preparedness for the Europe Central Area. One of the goals is to have prepositioned supplies in various countries. Our area humanitarian team participated in a survey on Monday to rate products and determine the correct numbers of items needed for individuals and families. Sicily Road…

We worked long hours in the office this week following through on humanitarian projects in all stages of development, implementation, and closure. We had our weekly calls with infield couples, prepared training for couples who will arrive soon, caught up on email correspondence, and coordinated appointments with NGO’s for future travel. Four senior missionary couples…