“I am now in Ambur, where I have been visiting the incomplete chapels so that I can give a report on their progress. I visited 10 locations in the past two days. Only two of the chapels have been completed so far. In order to make mission funds from the U.S. stretch, the India Evangelical [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
Tony Whitter, of Trinity Lutheran Church in Mission, Kan., shared about a May 2009 visit of The 72 volunteers Al and Joy Axelson. “We had prepared to start a capital campaign in the fall of 2009 and thought The 72 ministry would be a good preface to our campaign. We applied for a team from The 72 in [...]
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Concordia Publishing House’s 2010 vacation Bible school curriculum, “Planet Zoom,” provides a hands-on opportunity for children to become more involved in God’s mission. The curriculum’s featured mission concept, “Project: Dominican Republic,” is a joint project of LCMS World Mission and LCMS World Relief and Human Care. The mission project encourages vacation Bible school participants to give [...]
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Watch a video from the LCMS assessment team in Haiti. The images are from Port-au-Prince and Jacmel. Members of the assessment team included: Rev. Dr. Jorge Groh, regional director of Latin America with LCMS World Mission; Rev. Glenn Merritt, director of disaster response for LCMS World Relief and Human Care; Chaplain Steve Lee, a critical [...]
Wed, Feb 3, 2010
“In December, we were anxious to make our last visit to the Kono District of Sierra Leone, where we planned to do agricultural training in four locations. We felt joy and a bit of anxiety about the opportunity to teach in Boindu, a new location for us in the extreme eastern edge of Sierra Leone, [...]
Tue, Feb 2, 2010
“We begin the 12 days, not with a partridge in a pear tree, but rather some pirates and a Christmas tree! One thing that sets Concordia Middle School in Chai Yi, Taiwan apart from other schools in Taiwan is the emphasis on the Christmas celebration. The students still have school, but they spend their time [...]
Mon, Feb 1, 2010
The February 2010 edition of Harvest News is now available. This edition contains news about short-term theological education, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church, and service opportunities.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Rev. Dr. Jorge Groh, regional director of LCMS World Mission in Latin America, based in Panama, shared some of his first thoughts after returning from serving on the LCMS assessment team in Haiti on Jan. 22 and 23. Groh reflected that the Haitian people are used to living in crisis day-by-day, and that the earthquake [...]
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Listen to an inteview with Josh Lange, as he prepares to work in Asia with Concordia Welfare and Education Foundation, which seeks to improve people’s livelihoods through education and service. Learn more about Concordia Welfare and Education Foundation on their Web site.
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Wed, Jan 27, 2010
Photo: Members of the assessment team, pastoral care personnel, LCMS missionaries, and Dominican Lutherans who worked together in response to the Haiti earthquake
Regional missionaries re-deployed
LCMS missionaries from other parts of Latin America arrived in the Dominican Republic to further assist the missionaries who are permanently stationed in the Dominican Republic. These re-deployed missionaries included Rev. [...]
Monday, February 8, 2010
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