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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A young couple walks home arm in arm in the night; the man weighed down with heavy bags. Suddenly, as they walk through a dark alley, an Albanian man hurries toward them. Instinctively, the young man places himself between his wife and the approaching stranger. Then he sees the smile on the face of the old man, who takes his hand in both of his and raises it to his lips in a gesture of deep admiration. “You are a true gentleman!” the old man says dramatically before disappearing back into the night. “May God’s blessing be upon you!”
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Brenda Mays
November 01 2012, 10:57 am | Comments 0
About five years ago, our daughters, Megan and Moriah, started a literacy center for Roma girls who lived in shanties at the edge of town. Since the Roma girls had never had the opportunity to attend school, they were very excited about it and wanted everyone to know that they were schoolgirls. Megan knew they would enjoy wearing matching outfits for school, so she searched for a seamstress who would be willing to sew a lot of skirts for very little money. She found a woman named Nerta.
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Sean Mays
October 01 2012, 10:54 am | Comments 0
Have you ever wanted to share words of life but were afraid of awkwardness, embarrassment or rejection? Believe it or not, this can happen to missionaries, too.
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Sean Mays
September 01 2012, 10:52 am | Comments 0
I was startled to see my friend Azim walking home so early in the workday. Especially distressing was the pained and helpless expression on his face. “What’s wrong, Zimi?” I asked. “Are you okay?”
His anxious eyes met mine. “It’s my wife—something is wrong with her,” he stammered.
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Sean Mays
August 01 2012, 10:46 am | Comments 0
Sometimes it still takes me by surprise—they get it! Sometimes their insights are profound. While our Albanian members may not yet have an extensive understanding of the Bible’s finer points, they are deeply moved by the relational aspects of its stories and parables. And really, isn’t that the central theme of the everlasting Gospel anyway?
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Brenda Mays
June 01 2012, 10:42 am | Comments 0
