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Our ministry partners in Slovakia are actively promoting and recruiting students to participate in the upcoming EEMN English Bible Camps! The poster (above) is being distributed all over the Púchov region, where our second week of camp will be hosted. EEMN Directors, Pastor David & Angela Breidenbach were recently in Slovakia and spent a morning at the school in Púchov...

Our hosts in Latvia are actively promoting participation in the upcoming EEMN Life Camp for Teens, as well as the EEMN English Bible Camp for elementary students. Please lift up in prayer our American team, as they finish training, preparation, and packing for their mission to Latvia; the students who will participate and encounter the Gospel at the camps; and...

The 2023 English Bible Camp in Vranov nad Toplou is officially in the books! Here's a little by-the-numbers review: 9: the number of English Bible Camps that have now been held in Vranov 86: the number of students ages 6-13 who attended this year's camp 18: the number of Americans who served on the team 18: the number of Slovaks who served as interpreters,...

RE-TOOLING AND STILL SERVING! Earlier this year it was announced that the 2020 SON mission trips are postponed until 2021. This is still the case and, while overseas team travel may not be possible, all of the SON teams continue to meet, train, an prepare for mission. They are working in response to our overseas ministry partners' desire to collaborate in...

Pastor David Breidenbach Executive Director Read Pastor David's Biography Pastor David Breidenbach joined the staff as Executive Director in March 2015. He is a dual-rostered clergy member of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) and the North American Lutheran Church (NALC). David spent 14-years at his previous call, where he served as Associate Pastor and Director of Overseas Missions at Faith Lutheran Church...

Ahoj from Vranov nad Toplou, Slovakia! We arrived here safely on Saturday afternoon and it’s currently Monday, so I’ve got some catching up to do. On Saturday, we took a train 6 hours east from Bratislava to Kosice, the second-largest city in Slovakia. We were met there by several of our Vranov helpers and our primary host in Vranov, Dodo. After...

We are all safely arrived in Bratislava, Slovakia! Team members, luggage, good attitudes, and eye bags are all collected together here in the capital city (any photos from today will be taken at a distance!). We had a little adventure with a missed flight, a later flight, and wild midnight taxi ride, but mission trips aren’t mission trips without a...

by team co-lead, Phil Lee Amazing! Today is already the last day of our two one-week English Language Camps in Peshkopi, Albania - one camp in town and one in the nearby village of Kastriot. We've been focused on the theme of the power of God to heal, using various Biblical stories of healing to teach English and bring...

From team co-lead, Phil Lee... It's a new week, our second week in Albania, and Camp 2 in the village of Kastriot is off and running! This is a rural village area several miles outside of the town of Peshkopi. I continue to be impressed with the beauty of this country, with mountains, valleys, rivers and streams, it's a...

Pastor David Michael Carrillo (DMC) SON Residential Missionary to LATVIA About DMC's Work in Latvia In 2010, SON sent Pastor David Michael Carrillo (aka: DMC) as a full-time “Music-sionary” to Latvia. DMC is a talented musician and recording artist and often uses his original music when preaching and teaching. He works all over Latvia and neighboring countries. Additionally, he leads morning prayer and...

SPECIAL BLESSINGS "The Lord has been mindful of us. He will bless us." -Psalm 115: 12 DMC, Pastor Scott & Lena with help from some campers during opening with the daily theme and lots of music! June 6 to June 12 -  We left Dubai for Ukraine. Quite a culture change, but one we were really looking forward to. We began our first...

Most of us recognize that an orphan is someone without a father or a mother and without the connection of an extended family. Orphans often suffer from feelings of anxiety, isolation, and hopelessness. Central and East European countries endured more than 70 years of imposed scientific atheism under Soviet communist rule. In the wake of the fall of the Iron...

The EEMN Púchov region Life and Adventure Teen Camp began on Saturday afternoon, 13 July and ended with a celebration BBQ in the Púchov church yard, on the following Thursday evening. 28 youth participated in the camp week (not all pictured), along with adult team leaders from Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S. The camp theme was Relationships and what it...

Pastor David, Rachel, Heather, Faith, Daniel, Angela, and Pastor DMC The 2019 Slovakia Teen Camp Team is finally all together, which was no small feat! On Thursday evening, Daniel flew in from WA and Pr. DMC flew in from Latvia, where he lives and serves full-time as an EEMN missionary. On Friday afternoon, Faith flew in from NM, after a 24-hour...

Our hosts in Slovakia are recruiting and receiving applications from students who will participate in the EEMN Life & Adventure Teen Retreat this July! On June 7th, team leaders and EEMN Directors, Pastor David & Angela Breidenbach visited the school in Púchov to make presentations to several classes of English language students and encouraged their participation in the retreat, as...

The Slovakia English Bible Camp team is hard at work preparing for our weeks of ministry in Slovakia this July. Over the past few months, we have been reading, writing, talking, studying, shopping, and planning, and soon we will move into the most "fun" stages of packing and traveling! Our team this year represents many different states: Dan from MinnesotaAmanda from TexasPastor David...