North Africa. My 17-day trip started out in a dusty border crossing with a thermometer stuck in my ears to determine if I had the swine flu! I rode several hours along the Mediterranean coast to a city of 100,000. The purpose of this leg of the trip was to visit “Mike” who had started a Physical Therapy Clinic to help young kids suffering from Cerebral Palsy and related disorders. Every week the nurses provide therapy to over 60 kids. Every Wednesday, they have a mobile team that travels to the countryside to help kids that can’t make it to the city. We drove up the mountain (see picture) to pick up two young kids who are being helped. Every week, the young sister of one of the children carries her brother up the mountain where Mike picks them up in a van. MDM is partnering with the Center to start a 2nd Mobile Team.
Serbia. Since 1990, the former country of Yugoslavia has broken up, mostly by war, into six (maybe seven) different countries. The core is now called Serbia. 
This is where Viktor and Ksenija Sabo serve as pastors in the city of Subotica. His congregation of 250 people is made up of 50% Hungarians, 20% Serbs and 30% Gypsy with every service translated into Hungarian and Serbian. I never quite knew what language they were speaking! But they would all say what sounds like “bake-a-shake” which means peace to you. Their work among the Gypsies is particular interesting. The Gypsies work in the markets every morning, so they come to the Sunday evening service. MDM is partnering to start the Gypsy Micro-Enterprise Development project. This will help aspiring Gypsy men and women to further their businesses with small micro loans. Plans include the building greenhouses to grow produce to sell in markets.
Belgium. The final leg of my journey was to Brussels, the heart of the Europe. Belgium is described by Operation World as “spiritually one of the neediest countries in Europe.” Most of the largest churches are of ethnic minorities. I went with Jonathan & Destiny Vandeput to investigate their plans to establish a house of prayer called the 9th Hour. 
We met with the leadership team of Antioche Network, a Belgian network of churches led by Jonathan’s father, Ramon Vandeput, to determine if they would oversee this new work, which they agreed to do. Their plans are to begin with B-HOP (Brussels House of Prayer) and then starting a discipleship school for equipping the next generation of leaders in the country. They will also be partnering with the Pentecostal European Forum for Youth Ministries (PEFY) to minister to youth throughout Europe. In the next year, three other families from the Dallas area in the next year are planning to come assist.
Blessings,
Elias Reyes
President of Modern Day
