November 2022 Newsletter: Thanks & Giving
During this season of THANKS & GIVING, our hearts are filled with gratitude for you! We are mindful of the many ways you have supported MLI this year through your faithful and practical gifts. Your generosity is producing a deep and lasting impact across the MLI ministries. This year, MLI celebrated 21 years of spiritual […]
October 2022 LINK: Alpinis Leadership Center Edition
God’s Timing: A Personal Reflection In 1991 as a young man, my dream was to emigrate to Australia. Along the way, I met my good friend Ronald in Timisoara, Romania, where we took pictures of the horrors of the ’89 Revolution. Ronald said, “I will help you, but… what is God’s calling on your life?” […]
September 2022 Newsletter: Meet Romanian Pastor Emy Vasile
Because the focus of this month’s newsletter is on MLI’s Church in Mission work, we will use this time and space to introduce you to Emanuel (Emy) Vasile. Emy lives and works in Cimpina and, alongside his father, Ion Vasile, now pastors several congregations in the southeast area of Romania (about a 90- minute drive […]
August 2022 Newsletter: Meet the Team
This past year continues to bring many changes to both the Missio International (MI) Knoxville office and our partner, Missio Link International (MLI) in Romania. While programs and ministries transform and develop, the executive teams continue to be steadfast leaders who love the people of Romania and are determined to bring them the hope of […]
July 2022 Newsletter: Hillsborough Matching Grant
Dear Ministry Friends, Summer can bring many delightful changes to our routines with newopportunities to connect with family and friends, watching a well-tended garden produce vegetables, cooling off in a lake or just taking in the scenery along a leisurely drive. It is no different for our MLI friends in Romania as this summer has […]
June 2022 LINK- Church in Mission Edition
Beneath the Strain, There is Peace I have lost count of the times I’ve traveled to Romania since first going with my father on what he called the “Orient Express” from Vienna to Timisoara in 1993. Most of those visits, starting in 1993, were ministry-work assignments for me. On rare occasions, my wife, Doris, was […]
May 2022 Newsletter: Alpinis Leadership Center
Coming Soon to an Alpinis Leadership Center Near You! Of course, this headline is a little misleading since there is only one Alpinis Leadership Center in the entire world…and it is operated by Missio Link International…and it is located in the Carpathian Alps near Sibiu! At least, the “coming soon” is accurate! We hope you […]
CAR Prayer Journey 2022
Dear Ministry Friends, I bring you springtime greetings from our Romanian partners at Missio Link International and from Missio International, Knoxville. Together we celebrate our risen Lord and hold fast to the promise his resurrection has ushered in. He is alive and we can rest in his loving care! What words of encouragement as we […]
March 2022 Newsletter: Ukraine Special Project
For such a time as this…. Missio Link International is well equipped for this very moment in history. With a history of caring for ‘the least of these’ they now serve Ukrainian refugees who are flooding across the border into Romania. MLI’s three mission areas are the hands and feet of our Lord for such […]
Feb 2022 LINK- Children at Risk Edition
2002-2022: Celebrating 20 Years at Deborah House Deborah House may have opened her doors in 2002 but the story started long before that. With a calling to help the brokenhearted and disenfranchised in the very DNA of our ministry partners, they reached out to support both the emerging Church and their neighbors who were impoverished […]