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Jack Eugene Shankel, 90, of Sunbury, Ohio, passed away on 6 August 2023. He was a retired district superintendent who led the Maine District (1971-1988) and the Northwestern Ohio District (1988-1998).

More than 1,600 women from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Mozambique gathered to experience fellowship with other Nazarene women, uplift each other, and experience renewal and empowerment.

The Jiwaka North District hosted a four-day laity retreat in the Jiwaka Province for all three districts. The retreat focused on inspiring and empowering the laypeople to take ownership in spreading the gospel in Papua New Guinea.

In 2023, a significant milestone in the leadership of NYI Peru was established. The first National Leadership Summit occurred, "Flight 28:19," from 29 June to 1 July in Chiclayo. A Maximum Mission project and the district camps followed the summit.

Four men entered Reconciliation Ministries’ recovery program with the goal of getting clean and sober. God spoke to them as they worked towards sobriety and permanent life change, and after graduation they went on to receive local minister’s licenses.

Over 20 Nazarene Youth International district presidents from Africa East gathered in Jinja, Uganda, for a four-day retreat to facilitate networking and relationship building among district presidents, as well as equip district presidents with the necessary knowledge and skills.

In 2009, Anna Jara accepted a role as a translator for a Nazarene Work & Witness team traveling to Armenia. Little did she know that 14 years later, she would be part of a historic moment as one of the first women to become an ordained pastor in Armenia.

Barry Kennard, 54, of Hastings, Nebraska, passed away 11 August 2023. Kennard served as co-lead pastor of Lakeside Community Church in Hastings, alongside his wife, Krystal Kennard.

David Dayhoff, 85, of Cumberland, Maryland, passed away on 8 August 2023. He served as pastor of Cumberland Bethel Church of the Nazarene since 1962. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving active pastor of a single Church of the Nazarene.

After three years of not holding a Vacation Bible School (VBS) in person, the First Church of the Nazarene in Villaflores, Chiapas, Mexico, held a VBS titled Destination Dig from July 31 to August 5, attended by over 120 boys and girls from their community.