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The Heights began serving in 2024 as global missionaries in Croatia. Rev. Jeremy and Reetu are serving on the Central Europe Field along with their three children: Zane, Ruby, and Kavya. As Field Finance Coordinator, Reetu serves and resources the local churches and districts across the dozen countries on the Central Europe Field. Jeremy serves as the Nazarene Country Leader for Croatia and serves with local church and compassionate ministries. 

Previous to joining the Central Europe Field, Jeremy and Reetu have served the Church of the Nazarene in Nashville (USA), Accra (Ghana), Dakar (Senegal), and Indianapolis (USA) in various roles as missionaries, NCM leaders, and university faculty and staff. As an ordained elder, Jeremy has also served as a pastor in a variety of local churches. Reetu has a B.A. in Sociology & Intercultural Studies from Olivet Nazarene University and a M.B.A. from Trevecca Nazarene University. Jeremy has also a B.A. in Sociology & Intercultural Studies from Olivet Nazarene University and a M.A. in Urban Pastoral Leadership from Olivet as well. The Heights are passionate about cross-cultural engagement, urban ministry, poverty alleviation, and sharing the story of God's work through the global Church.

As a family, the Heights enjoy playing board games, sharing meals with friends around their dinner table, and traveling together. Zane (born 2017) loves reading, Ruby (born 2019) enjoys art, and Kavya (born 2021) loves cooking with her parents.

The Heights are excited to be a part of the work of God in Central Europe and are blessed to be a part of the global missions work of the Church of the Nazarene.

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Since 2015, Russell and Carla Frazier have served as Global Missionaries in Nairobi, Kenya at Africa Nazarene University. Russ serves as a senior lecturer in the religion department and Dean of the School of Religion and Christian Ministry. In addition to teaching and supervising postgraduate students, Russ serves as a liaison for the Africa Region to a committee that is developing a French university which will provide education for French-speaking leaders in Africa. Carla serves as an assistant in the finance department.

The Fraziers are no strangers to missions. From 1998 to 2005, they served as missionaries on the Africa Region. They lived in Kigali, Rwanda and served the Great Lakes region of Africa, including the countries of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi. Carla administered the Child Sponsorship program in the Great Lakes region and assisted in the administration of the Bible institute. Russ served in a number of different roles: the coordinator of theological education, coordinator of Nazarene Literature, district superintendent, mission coordinator, and assistant to the Field Strategy Coordinator. In 2005, Russ and Carla resigned from the Global Mission contract to return to the States so that Russ could finish the Ph.D. and to provide more options for the education of their children in the English language. However, Africa was deeply imbedded within their hearts.

They are excited to serve the Lord in Kenya at Africa Nazarene University. You can find more about their story at www.frazierministry.com. Russ and Carla would love to share their story with your church. They desire to partner with you and your church in this ministry. The Fraziers have open dates from May 15 to June 30, 2023. 

If you would like to have them for a service, please feel free to contact them. They are willing to visit any sized church. They simply want to share our story of God’s leadership in their lives. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact them at jrussellfrazier@ gmail.com.

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Cezi and Martin serve as leaders of the Central Europe Field. Since November 2023, Cezi has been serving as the Field Strategy Coordinator (FSC) for Central Europe becoming the first native-born FSC on this field. Martin serves as the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM) Coordinator for Central Europe as well as helping in Field Finance and Administration. They currently live in Zagreb, Croatia where they continue to serve in their local church, the first church in the Pioneer Area of Croatia.

Cezarina is originally from Albania. In 2001, she moved to Florence, Italy where she studied, worked, and served as an NYI leader, an NMI president, a church board member, and in other local ministries for seven years. In 2008, God called her to move to Germany and prepare herself for ministry at European Nazarene College, where she studied and graduated with a BA in Theology. In May 2016, she received a Master’s Degree from Northwest Nazarene University in Missional Leadership.

Martin is originally from the Mid-West, USA. He is a CPA and graduated from Mid-America Nazarene University with degrees in Accounting and Business Administration. In November 2017, he received a Master’s Degree in International Development from Kimmage Development Studies Centre in Dublin, Ireland.

Martin and Cezi have two amazing boys. Reuben, who was born in Germany in 2014, and Lukas, who was born in Hungary in 2017, are already world citizens. They have an American father, an Albanian mother, and were all four born in different countries. Both boys attend a Croatian-speaking school and are fluent in Croatian and English.

Martin and Cezi feel blessed to be serving God in Central Europe. Although raising a young family has drastically changed their daily activities, Martin still tries to find time to bike and Cezi continues to enjoy cooking, traveling, and hosting people in her home. Having lived in several countries, she has adapted several cultural cooking styles that her family is very fortunate to take advantage of.

They consider themselves blessed and fortunate to be able to be a part of what God is doing in Croatia and Central Europe.