The Western District Welcomes You!

Thank you for visiting the Western District Foreign Mission's Department blog. Our intent is to provide you, the pastors, ministers, and saints of the Western District and the United Pentecostal Church International as well as our friends who would like to visit a place to be informed of events happening in our district and to share their thoughts concerning missions with us. We appreciate you taking the time to look over our site, to read the different posts, and last but not least to share your thoughts.

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Missionaries traveling in our district:

May 2012

~Dwane Abernathy - Belize, Central America
~Robert McFarland - Israel/Palestine

June 2012

~Robert McFarland - Israel/Palestine, Middle East
~Jason Long - Nicaragua, Central America

July 2012

~Crystal Reece - Tonga, South Pacific
~John Hemus - United Kingdom, Europe

August 2012

~Crystal Reece - Tonga, South Pacific
~Cynthia White - Jordan, Middle East

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

~The Mark Alphin family on location in Finland

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Happy New Year from Helsinki, Finland

New Year's Eve in Helsinki
 On location!

The preparation process is complete. Holidays were spent making memories with our families. Farewells were said - bittersweet moments, to be sure. And then, on December 29, the 'adventure of a lifetime' began when we boarded our first plane in Columbus, Ohio, and departed for Helsinki, Finland. We saw God's hand at work throughout the entire travel process: an incredible 'deal' on fare, the less-than-normal price charged for extra luggage, and our flights all departing and arriving mostly as scheduled (while we watched many others deal with long delays and cancellations). On December 30, we arrived in our new 'hometown' on time and safely with all luggage intact. God even supplied a taxi driver who was able to transport our family plus all luggage (11 suitcases and 8 carryons) to the hotel in one trip!

Thank you to those of you who have been supporting us through prayer and finance. We could not have gotten to this point without you, and are surely thankful that you are along with us in spirit as we begin this new phase of our journey.

If we could mention a prayer request, it would be that God would direct our steps over the next month while we work to locate permanent housing. He knows exactly what we need, and we are trusting Him to help us find it. And, as you pray for us, we will be praying for you.

May God bless you during 2011! We will be in touch soon.

Mark, Glenda, Miranda, and Candace Alphin


Webcam view of Helsinki, Finland

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