Voices from the Field Vern and Gloria Wagner Get to know Vern and Gloria

A New Journey

Published on November 24, 2015
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Greetings Family & Friends,

After coming to know the Lord in the mid 80’s, we both became involved in many positions within our churches. As our children attended and worked in summer camps throughout their youth, we became involved with camp ministry by volunteering during the summer. Eventually, God led us to Camp Caroline, where we lived and worked from 2005–2013, serving as maintenance manager and head of housekeeping. This was a real time of growing and learning to have faith and trust in God. Camp ministry has always been close to our hearts.

In April 2015, we were invited and encouraged to go on a mission trip to Romania. It was during this trip that we fell in love with the country, culture, people, and the ministry of Camp Falcon Rock. When we returned home, we began to seek God about returning to Romania on a full-time basis. We prayed that if this was not God’s will that He would start closing doors, but He has thrown the doors wide open ever since.

In October we flew to California to meet the NAB team, and they made us feel like family and appointed us as new NAB missionaries to Romania. Before we knew it, we had our acreage up for sale and it was sold in two days. This is just one of the many ways that God has answered our prayers and confirmed we are meant to head back to Romania.

pic 1 We will be serving alongside fellow missionaries Paul & Tanya Gericke and national missionaries Tamas & Tunde Modi in Romania. Both of them will be helping with the building at the camp as well as helping with the teams that come to serve. We are looking forward to using our camp experience and passion for this type of ministry to serve as an asset to the team and work in Romania. We will return to Romania on November 17 to meet with the team and the Camp Falcon Rock Board.

If you are interested in learning more, please let us know. We would love to connect with you and share about our passion for camp ministry.

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