Bob Nordvall Hometown: Roseau, MN Current Home: McKenzie, ND Major: Sociology Additional Education: M.D., Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN Email: pastorbob@eemn.org Following our graduation, Karen (deceased September 2013) and I were married. I entered Luther Seminary. My first missionary call was to Papua, New Guinea, 1971. We returned Stateside in 1982, and I accepted a call to serve as parish pastor in Taylor, North Dakota. In 1985 we moved to Bismarck where I served as Senior Pastor, Charity Lutheran (LCMC) for 25 years. I also served as chaplain with the Heartview Foundation. Upon “retirement” in 2010, I recycled back into global mission work and currently serve as National Field Coordinator with the East European Missions Network with focus in Russia and former Soviet Union countries. On April 2, 2016, I remarried. Patti and I continue serving through EEMN with our assigned focus being to build partnership with the Estonian Lutheran Church. We spend the month of August leading short-term mission teams in Estonia and several other weeks in the year providing support ministry for pastors and church workers in Estonia. In 2017 we have been invited to explore partnership with an evangelical Baptist ministry (there are no Lutherans) in Bulgaria. It is a joy to work alongside believers who love Jesus Christ and understand that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life for all people. Patti and I live on a 40-acre ranch east of Bismarck, enjoying the company of cows, chickens, six pigs, and learning the ways of human nature through 40 sheep. We hope our bees will be able to survive the winter. Large gardens help keep the larder stocked, and along with all that—“we have the meats!” We are completing the building of a “small house” in my daughter’s backyard in Minneapolis, while we also enjoy our log cabin in central Minnesota on the Red Eye River east of Bluegrass. I have two children: Karl (Tina) and Siri (Mike Myhrom), and daughters, Elena (6) and Stella (4). Patti has a son, Andy (Bernadette), and daughter, Alli (Johnny Sullivan), and daughters, Eloise (5), Aliza (2), and baby Darla expected January 2017. We have five granddaughters ages 6, 5, 4, 2 and brand new! Life is a joy in Christ! We live imperfectly, seeking His perfect will, and desiring to serve Him faithfully.
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