Mark and Karen Abercrombie have been married for 40 years. They are parents to Christopher and Elizabeth Ratliff, and Richard and Maranda Nash, and grandparents to Logan, Aiden, Mallory, Aria and Natalie. Mark and Karen worshipped and served as members of the Levy church of Christ family in North Little Rock, Arkansas before moving to Germany in 2006 to serve as foreign missionaries. They worked as a part of the church in Bremen, Germany from 2006-2008, and with the church in Chemnitz from September 2008 until October 2009 when they moved to Leipzig. Larry and Pam Sullivan, longtime missionaries to Chemnitz, moved to join them. Together, they began to reach people using the Let’s Start Talking program. They began a small house church that soon moved into its own rooms. Many contacts have been made and relationships have been built around hours of Bible study. In the first few years several baptisms took place. German society is fluid, with people moving because of job changes or to study. This has resulted in several of the church members leaving to other cities. In 2016, the Sullivans returned to the USA after about 25 years of mission work. In 2017 and 2019, two other American families joined the Abercrombies. As a result of different circumstances, both of those families returned to the USA in July 2020 and February 2021. Through all of this change, a small group of believers continues to meet and worship. Mark and Karen have been faithful to this work, and their commitment has not wavered, reaching out with the love of Christ to bring people into fellowship with Him as one community.