"Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love" -- Roland Allen
Doug and Jen Mann
Doug was born in Washington DC and now considers Boston, the home of much of his family, his home away from the field. Jen was born in Dundee, Scotland. She would consider home away from the field to be a small town called High Wycombe, just outside of London where her parents live. Although the more that we are on the field the more abstract the term home becomes!
We met in Germany at a Youth Conference in December of 2001 when Doug was working in Romania and Jen was studying nursing at Nottingham University, England. We were married in July of 2003 in Salisbury, England. In October of 2006 our first son Jonathan Edward was born in Lima, Peru. Yes, we are a truly international family with 5 passports between the three of us In October of 2008 we are expecting the birth of our Baby Girl. She will be born (we hope) in England.
We are currently transitioning from Lima, Peru to Tirana, Albania. Our previous assignment in Peru was to work within the Peruvian Field Office. Doug assisted the field director, Segundo Rimarachin, who is the first Peruvian to be in leadership over the field. He worked in many different areas from speaking and teaching, to office administration and field finances. Jen was the Child Sponsorship Coordinator, working with over 300 children and their sponsors. We also hosted many people who travelled through Lima for Work and Witness teams, Field visits and personal travel in what we affectionately termed “The Mann Motel”.
Our current assignment takes us to Tirana, Albania. After a year of language and cultural studies we will be working with the Albania-Kosovo team and national leadership in development efforts. As with most assignments we will be involved in many different areas of work from education through compassionate ministries and outreach efforts. We are very excited about the new oppertunities and challenges.
Visit their website for more news and information about their mission. http://www.mann-ministry.info/
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