LCMS World Mission Blog

Good news from Andrea Herman in Guinea

“God and His ways continue to amaze me. My friend Evie has often mentioned she’d like me to go with her to greet her family in another town, but I don’t often travel there. Another thing she and her husband both mention frequently is that I don’t lie; I do what I say I’m going [...]

Good News from Delano and Linda Meyer in Sierra Leone, West Africa

“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, [...]

Good news from Tim and Heidi Norton in Guinea

“‘Now Thank We All Our God!’ Although Thanksgiving is now over we still rejoice in the many blessings God has given. Pastors David Punjugu and Daniel Diabaté are co-workers in the Gospel working in Bamako (the capital city of the country north of us) who came last week for the evangelism program that I asked [...]

Audio interview with missionary Rev. Jake Gillard

Rev. Jake and Michelle Gillard serve the Lord in Uganda, where they work with the Lutheran Church Mission Uganda (LCMU). This youthful and energetic church body is only 13 years old, and in that short time, it has grown to 56 congregations. The Gillards help train, disciple, and walk alongside the leaders in this church body.
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Good news from Rev. Claude and Rhoda Houge

“We are so thankful for the people we work with, such as our co-worker Catherine Wangari. She shared a story about an encounter with a doctor recently. She was meeting with him to talk about medicines needed for upcoming short-term mission teams who are coming to work with eye clinics.
“Here’s a bit of the conversation:
Doctor: [...]

From Rev. Carlos and Lidia Winterle in Kenya

“God has strange ways to work. Recently, we received an e-mail from Pastor Peter Varvaris, of New Hope Missions Church in Mooresville, N.C. He wrote, ‘Recently, our team was in Washington, D.C. doing a service event with Samaritan’s Feet ministry through a local church there. While serving there, we met two people from Kenya. It [...]

From Andrea Herman in Guinea

“I was shocked at how many opportunities God provided for me to have great spiritual conversations and occasions to share my faith during this past month, with friends and strangers alike. On days that I would greet in the market this month (which was usually four days per week), I never had less than three [...]

Photo of the week

Pastors lay hands on Jerome, Aaron, and Samuel–newly ordained members of the Lutheran Church Mission in Uganda. Bishop Paul Kofi Fynn of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana officiated the ordination, and Rev. Claude Houge represented LCMS World Mission.  Other guests included Pastor Jacob Bisi and Pastor Edward Nzeme from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sudan. Photo from [...]

From Vicar Shauen and Krista Trump in Uganda

“The first weekend in July, we set out for the Runyankole-speaking area of western Uganda with 500 copies of Martin Luther’s Small Catechism in the local language which had recently been made available to fellow missionary Rev. Jacob Gillard. In each of the 10 congregations we visited on that trip, we encouraged use of the [...]

From Rev. Glenn and Susan Fluegge in Togo

I saw new faces at the recent seminary graduation ceremony that I had not seen before. When I inquired, I was informed that the new faces were those of members of two new churches that the students had been planting throughout the year. It was not a class assignment, nor even a part of [...]