2009 Winter-Spring Update

Dear Ministry Friends,

There is a lot going on with our ministry partners in Romania and with our Knoxville-based facilitating work on their behalf. You can find out more at our new websites, each with a brand new MLI video at Missio Link International (www.missiolink.org) and Missio International (www.missiointernational.org).

First of all, please note the name change from USAffairs to Missio International.  For quite some time the USAffairs board of directors has entertained changing the name to something that would more clearly reflect our commitment to the mission of Missio Link International.  Over the years (1994-2008), people who do not know us have suspected that USAffairs might be a government organization or an international dating agency!  The new name also reveals Missio Link International’s ongoing commitment to channel all its US-based work through the staff and volunteers who comprise Missio International.

Secondly, our offices have moved from Maryville to Knoxville, TN.  Please note the new address and phone number as indicated on the website. If you are ever in the area please come and visit.  The new office is a great tool for our work with Missio Link International.

Finally, we want to thank you for your involvement with God’s people in Romania and remind you that the critical needs they are addressing there are in no way diminished by the world-wide economic slowdown.  Young girls continue to find themselves victims of abuse.  Local congregations continue to invest in the equipping of leaders.  Abandoned children still need the assurance that they are loved by God.  And just like our own, Romania’s young people continue to wrestle with deep issues of identity, trust, and purpose.

MLI’s essential conviction is that all life’s needs and all joys find ultimate meaning in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ Jesus-and in him alone.  It thus remains our honor to continue to support and assist the men and women of Missio Link International in their vital work among the people of Romania.  Thank you for remembering them in your prayers and in your tithes.

Respectfully yours,
Kenny Woodhull
Executive Director, Missio International (formerly USAffairs)

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