The Cardells on the Move

Jeff and Lauren Cardell

Equipping and encouraging people to live out the Gospel in practical ways.

Hi! We are Jeff and Lauren Cardell.

We serve in Timișoara, Romania and have called it home since November 2013. We love coming alongside people and working through what a faith lived out in our everyday looks like practically. When we start from place of intimacy with God, experiencing our identity and freedom in Him, then we are naturally drawn to share His love with others. So let’s talk about how God changes every aspect of our lives!

Good coffee, good food, and good conversation!

God ordained our family in Romania

Jeff’s parents started leading short summer mission trips to Timișoara to come alongside other Romanian ministries working with street kids and youth aging out of orphanges. Jeff’s first trip to Romania was in 2003 and for the next 10 years, he came every summer and built relationships with the youth who translated for the teams. In 2010, God told both of us that Jeff was to go to Romania for a year while we were dating. He had just finished university, and he went for the year to serve alongside university students, some of whom were the same translators he had known for years. During that year, it became clear, God was calling us together and Romania was going to be part of that. Lauren came the summer of 2010 and again in December. We got married in 2011 and 2 weeks later we moved to Pasadena, California for Jeff to attend Fuller Seminary. Our 2 years in L.A. was a needed stepping stone to see discipleship and a faith lived out in an urban context. The summer of 2013 we were sent out and started our journey of Romania becoming our home.

Multiply disciples and grow Christ’s church.

We serve with Greater Europe Mission (GEM) and their mission is to reach Europe by multiplying disciples and growing Christ’s church. We believe that discipleship happens at the speed of relationships and we are so glad that we get to do that by serving our local church, organically/intentionally living in our community, and serving alongside our colleagues with Credința la muncă (faith at work).