LCMS World Mission Blog

Good news from Deaconess Carol Halter in Hong Kong

“I always thank God for every opportunity I have to sow the seed of the Word of God in the hearts of people. I was recently invited to a family reunion only to find out that, except for the Christian who had invited me, everyone there spoke their own village dialect…

Good news from Matt and Kim Myers in Macau

“A few days ago, I [Matt] spent the day with a couple of local friends and met a friend of theirs for the first time. We invited him to come with us back to the English center. He was reading a tract, and he looked a bit uncomfortable and when I started a conversation with him…

Good news from GEO missionary Andrea Bolognini in Hong Kong

“June included an evangelism event that I have been planning for months. It was the first ministry event that has included three different Hong Kong Synod primary schools. The event challenged me personally and connected a variety of students who all attend Christian schools, but may not be Christians themselves…

Students from Lutheran Church—Hong Kong Synod serve in South Dakota

Students from The Lutheran Church—Hong Kong Synod, a partner/sister church of the LCMS, recently traveled to South Dakota for a short-term mission trip. The group of students helped with sorting donations at a food pantry, and were interviewed by a local news station.

Audio interview with GEO missionary Megan Birney

Megan Birney serves the Lord through LCMS World Mission as a GEO missionary in Hong Kong. She serves as the director of Family Life Ministry at Church of All Nations. Church of All Nations is an English-speaking international LCMS congregation located on the campus of Hong KongInternational School.

Good news from Rev. Carl Hanson in Hong Kong

‘We are not even Lutheran and you are so kind to us.’ This was just one of the responses to a recent dinner held in memory of Dr. James Rimbach, LCMS missionary and theologian who taught in Hong Kong for over 15 years. Dr. Rimbach always had a special heart for the students from Myanmar…

Good news from GEO missionary Petrea Schwahn in Taiwan

There is a girl named Rita in my fourth grade class who is the last to leave after school every day. This is not because her parents are the last to come and pick her up. Rita loves to stay after class and help put up chairs, clean up, and talk with me. She is a great helper and renews my joy for teaching…

Good news from GEO missionary Mark Wolfram in Taiwan

I have written before about my eighth grade student Jack, who started taking Baptism classes. This month I found out that he is continuing to take them and is set to be baptized in July. Since I will be in the United States, he told me that he could take some pictures for me to see…

Good news from GEO missionary Justin Kumfer in Japan

“This month, our English School event was a house blessing/open house at our apartment. On May 23, our big three-room apartment was filled with 30 students and church members. Usually, in April or May, a new teacher is introduced to the school and the students get to interact with them on a more personal level.

Audio interview with Matt Wasmund

Listen to an audio interview with Matt Wasmund, who serves the Lord as the strategic volunteer coordinator in East Asia. Matt and his wife Rebecca (Dee Dee), along with their daughters, Lily and Olivia, live in Taiwan. Their work involves overseeing support and programmatic needs for the GEO missionaries at the Concordia School System–Taiwan and for the GEO missionaries in Japan of the Volunteer Youth Ministry (VYM) program.