Sean and Brenda met at a U.S. Air Force base in Germany and were married two years later. They became Seventh-day Adventist Christians six years after that. Missions was on their hearts from the start. Evenings with their two daughters were often spent reading mission stories aloud.
Sean and Brenda and their daughters Megan and Moriah were called to Albania individually and together through a series of providential events. They all prayed for the people of Albania for over two years before they moved there with AFM to serve the people God had placed on their hearts.
Sean and Brenda have enjoyed serving the Albanian people since early 2006 and have been blessed to be part of a growing fellowship of Adventist believers in an area where there were none before. Additionally, they serve as AFM field directors for the Balkans, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
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The spiritual darkness here is agonizingly deep—a seemingly endless black hole of despair. When we dwell on it, we are tempted to yield to the hopelessness that is never far from people’s lives. It continually chases them, nipping at their heels like a hungry wolf, tearing at their dreams of something better.
By:
Brenda Mays
November 01 2009, 2:32 pm | Comments 0
“I am only here to help them,” complained a frustrated aid worker to a young Albanian man. “Why won’t they open up to me?”
The young Albanian thought for a moment, searching for a way to help the aid worker understand. “Do you think a woman who has been brutally raped would be trusting and open?” he asked. “Try to understand what my people have been through.
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Brenda Mays
October 01 2009, 2:37 pm | Comments 0
If you feel God calling you to go to the mission field, or to give financially to support mission work, or to give time by praying for and promoting mission work, don’t let the enemy help you come up with reasons why you can’t do it. Trust God to provide a way to do what He asks, say yes to Him and then show Him you mean it.
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Sean Mays
September 01 2009, 2:40 pm | Comments 0
More than a year ago, when we were interviewing Albanian people to gain insight into the major influences in Albanian life, Beni and his friends talked about one major factor—image. “Public opinion is the strongest influence of all, even more than family members,” they said. “The shame that comes from the community’s whisperings is the greatest fear for most Albanians. It controls not only your actions, but even your thoughts.
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Sean Mays
July 01 2009, 2:47 pm | Comments 0
No matter how they try to hide it behind swagger and bravado, Albanians have lived in fear for many generations. High walls, barred windows and guard dogs protect them from their fellow men, while they sprinkle blood from sacrificed animals and hang up strings of garlic, animal skulls and horns, effigies, and dolls to repel the supernatural.
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Brenda Mays
June 01 2009, 2:51 pm | Comments 0
