LCMS World Mission Blog

Good News from Rev. Herb Hoefer in India

“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 [...]

Good News from The 72—Partners on the Road in Mission, Kan.

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 [...]

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 GEO missionaries Ben and Amy Riley in Taiwan

“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 [...]

Good news from Winchell MacNeill in St. Louis, Mo.

Winchell MacNeill, of St. Louis, Mo., turned a wrong number situation into a faith-sharing opportunity as he shared Jesus with an atheist woman on the other end of the line. He writes, “I called a New York telephone number that was supposed to be for an LCMS pastor I was trying to reach. The lady [...]

Good news from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia

“Vyacheslav ‘Slava’ Ostanin, president of ICHTHYS prison ministry and deacon at Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk, Russia, continued his outreach to correctional facilities and children’s medical institutions in Novosibirsk. He recently shared the personal testimony of Nikolay Bestaev, an ex-prisoner who has received assistance through the prison ministry led by Deacon Ostanin. Nikolay’s [...]

Good news from GEO missionaries James and Christel Neuendorf in Panama

“In preparation for Mother’s Day, James and I were able to help our friend Demetrio in an outreach project at a mission plant where he is working. Demetrio is a new pastor and is starting a church about a 10-minute bus ride from his home church. Since there was no church in La Esperanza, Demetrio [...]

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 [...]

Good news from Deaconess Carol Halter in Hong Kong

“As the days go by, many new immigrants from China have moved to Hong Kong, and they hardly know anything at all about the true God. Often they get involved in idol-worshipping-preparing incense, fruit, and vegetables to offer the false gods. Recently, I gave a lady a Christian workbook, since she was wanting to learn [...]

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: [...]