Pray for the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Eastern Europe

By Fall 2023, 17 teams had been sent out to explore 11 different potential new mission fields since EFM’s Five-Year Goal launched in 2021. In November 2023, EFM made a commitment to launching 6 of the 9 fields which were still under exploration. Those six fields are now moving on to pre-launch phases. Meanwhile, we are currently still sending Luke 10 Exploration Teams to consider three other potential fields: Eastern Europe, Tanzania, and Cambodia. EFM’s discernment is based on EFM’s CAN GO criterial. See more information here.

This second trip to Eastern Europe is leaving tomorrow and taking place between June 7-22! The team of  five adults and two children will include EFM Missionary Candidates Fred and Jonelle Liddell,along with their two children, Alex and Jael, Vivian Titus (EFC-MAYM), Jon Fodge (NWYM), and Patrick Neifert (RMYM). Trip leader Jonelle Liddell shared these insights into this upcoming second trip.

We plan to visit Čapljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina or BiH) on June 9, Mostar (BiH) on June 11, Dubrovnik (Croatia) on June 14 and are keeping the rest of the days flexible on where we go. However, we have a list of cities/towns that we will probably visit. We are sleeping in Čapljina from June  8-13 and in Trebinje (BiH) from June 13-21, with our last night spent in Sarajevo (BiH).

On this second trip we plan to meet with several local pastors and missionaries to discuss opportunities, needs, strategies, and potential difficulties in this region. We plan to focus on the regions of southern Croatia, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Our ultimate purpose is to discern clearly if God is calling EFM to join in his work in this region, and if so what are the next steps.

The following are ways that you can pray for this team while they are in Eastern Europe: Pray for unity and clarity as we fellowship and discern together. Pray for our time with local workers, that we would be an encouragement to them, and that we would learn from them all that God has for us. Pray for the people we will interact with, that we will be effective witnesses and humble learners. That if this is where EFM should work, God will bring a person or persons of peace to give a clear invitation. Pray that the kids will travel well, and that God will use them to open doors with people we meet.

The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to cast out more workers into his fields.

To learn more about how you can join these trips or if you are interested in exploring missionary service, visit here.