Eye On Europe

Darrell and Dianne Wood, AGWM personnel in Belgium, minister to Indonesian congregations in Belgium and the Netherlands besides being on the faculty of Continental Theological Seminary. Their years of missionary experience in Indonesia have opened incredible doors for them in Europe.

One of the Indonesian congregations in Netherlands has not had a pastor for several years. The Woods have ministered numerous times to this congregation and has trained the lay leadership of the church. Through this fellowship, they met a young couple, Sari and Wessel.

Sari, a petite young Indonesian who came to Holland a few years ago, met and married Wessel, a tall Dutchman. After Sari led him to accept Jesus as his personal Savior, they asked Darrell to perform Wessel’s water baptism in a public swimming pool. The Woods have discipled this couple into a deeper knowledge of the Christian life and are praying for Wessel’s unsaved family.

The Woods have been active members of an Indonesian fellowship in Belgium for the past eight years. One of their desires is to reach out to the many European husbands, most of whom are agnostic or nominal Christians.

Selly and her Danish husband Claus have become dear friends with the Woods over the past four years. Raised in an atheistic home and society, Claus found it extremely difficult to accept the reality of Jesus. But when health and family issues threatened to overwhelm him, Claus opened his heart to receive Jesus as his personal Savior. Darrell has discipled him, and has seen exciting growth in Claus’s faith. His conversion experience fills the Woods with hope for other European husbands of Indonesians whom they have befriended.