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Our bus leaves at a quarter to 7. It's so cold that the window panes are frosted over. Every time the door opens, a blast of cold air sweeps through the bus. We move through the dark hills, drop off teachers at local schools in the villages, pick up a few children: Their village schools have refused to take them in, because they are Roma kids, and nobody wants them. Some don't even wear a proper jacket. 

Büsingen International Church of the Nazarene, located in Büsingen, Germany, has a long tradition of helping people in need across the Eurasia Region. This Christmas season, the church is reaching out a little closer to home. 

Earlier in the month the church collected items for needy families in Romania. During one of their monthly prayer meetings, while talking about the parcels to Romania, they began to talk about needs locally and their responsibility to neighbors in their own village. 

Equipped with a new vision and sense of unity, the three Nazarene churches in Beirut, Lebanon, are working together in a shared mission that has resulted in the planting of four new churches in the past year. The three churches in Lebanon, which the denomination first officially entered in 1950, have persevered through decades of civil war and political instability. In addition, they suffered from disunity in recent years.

In early November, 12 young people from Kyiv, Ukraine, boarded a train for Vinnitsa, a smaller city four hours away. Besides the fact that the trip was a wonderful team building and networking opportunity for the youth, the main purpose was to share in the ministry of their sister congregation in Vinnitsa as they minister to low-income families in their region.

From 12-16 November, the Regional Course of Study Advisory Committee (RCOSAC) and the Eurasia Education Consortium (EEC) gathered in Büsingen, Germany, for its annual meeting to discuss issues, leadership matters and challenges facing education on the region as well as to conduct business.

Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest in world history, reached the Philippines in the early morning hours of Friday, November 8. The storm made landfall six times, flattening entire villages with winds up to 295 kph (183 mph). As of Tuesday, the death toll reached 1,774 with more than 800,000 residents displaced. 

With representation from around the world, 37 students graduated from Nazarene Theological College (NTC) in Manchester, UK, this October with a range of degrees and specialisms. Particularly noteworthy were the postgraduate degrees received by graduates from NTC’s India learning centre partnerships.

Pastor Tracey Day arrived at the rural community of Penycae to become the senior pastor for the Penycae Church of the Nazarene five years ago. When she first arrived, the congregation wanted to change their name to the Penycae Community Church of the Nazarene, but Day told the congregation...