Although we had to postpone our 2020 3W Leadership Network conference, the network itself remains strong. Our team continues to reach out regularly and track with the young leaders in the Europe / Middle East region to make sure they are staying encouraged, healthy, and not alone during the global pandemic.

Some countries have been hit particularly hard by Covid-19 and several members have had Covid or lost family members or church members to the virus. It's also a time when many are feeling mentally fatigued and discouraged. But this is why the network was established, not only to help train young leaders, but to make sure that our young leaders feel seen and can give each other encouragement.

Through our 3WLN social media connections, we receive updates from young leaders throughout the region. The young leaders in Poltava, Ukraine, have expanded their evangelism outreach during the pandemic. The young leaders in Arco, Italy, moved into a new building. Riccardo Regis has returned to Italy after getting his degree at Anderson University and is regularly preaching at the Rome CHOG in Ostia and leading the youth. Ayoub from Morocco won a Fulbright Scholarship and will be getting his Ph.D. in phytochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Mississippi. Sanna Klinner has become a part-time pastor in Dinslaken, Germany. Alima, from the Church of God congregation in London, published her first book of photography: Black Mental Health in Focus. Kenneth continues to lead the Agape Church in Bulgaria; and Goga, in the Republic of Georgia, is working with displaced people from the south Ossetian region; and our 3WLN conference leader Sarina gave birth to her first child with her husband Jeffrey.

The current plan is to have the next 3WLN conference (4.0) in the Fall of 2022 in Interlaken, Switzerland. In the meantime, we will continue to walk alongside the young people of this region and thank God for all he is doing through them.