6/29/2018

Recruiting for the Adriatic North Mission

We'd love to have any of our friends join us to serve in the Adriatic North Mission. We have been so impressed with the dedication, goodness, and strength of the Senior Couples in this mission.  We also have the most spiritually mature and smart young Elders and Sisters in the world. President and Sister Melonakos are so dedicated to the missionaries and members in the 5 countries. They make a huge effort to be close to their missionaries. They combine the Spirit and fun in all they do.They travel all over the mission to be at branch conferences, interview missionaries and host all kinds of mission activities at the mission home.
     The church is very young in these countries and you will feel needed here in the ANM.  We have 3 humanitarian missionaries here who enjoy their mission experience. We have a senior couple over CES programs, YSA program, a Auditor and assistant Auditor, Self-Reliance Sister and Member Leader Support couples . Eight of the Senior Brothers are Branch Presidents for a small branch of the church. We also have an incredible office couple and two single sisters who serve in the office helping the missionaries with housing, finances, medical insurance and anything else needed.
    We enjoy helping the young missionaries when they have a health issue (Susan is the Mission Nurse). It's enjoyable to get to know them and we love when we can be of help.  We work with an Area physician in Frankfurt that will e-mail back medical advice for any problem.  Perry and I also work together on our Public Affairs efforts and there are so many different ways to promote the gospel and the Church in our 5 countries it's mind boggling.  We work with two young sister missionaries that function as the digital media specialists for the 5 countries. They do amazing work keeping up with almost daily posts on the 5 country facebooks and country pages.
   We recently have been doing a "pilot" project that is new to all of Europe (and may be new to the rest of the world).  We are writing and posting Memes and articles that ask a question that allows for a positive conversation between the missionaries and the Facebook Follower.  The "pilot" is going very well--numerous contacts/lessons by missionaries and two people scheduled for baptism--all within the first month of running the "pilot."  It sure beats door to door contacting in many ways.  We work to "boost" some of the Posts with higher potential to gain access to more people on Social Media.  Learning a lot. We're enjoying our experience serving a mission- Come join us !




Here's a link to a Church News Article about the Adriatic North Mission:

https://www.ldschurchnews.com/archive/2017-12-07/the-flexibility-of-a-senior-mission-is-wonderful-says-couple-serving-in-adriatic-north-mission-33046