LCMS World Mission Blog

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: [...]

Good news from Seth and Shannon Hoeppner in Cambodia

“Jesus shall reign where’r the sun does its successive journeys run. His kingdoms stretch from shore to shore till moons shall wax and wane no more.”  LSB #832
It was a quiet Thursday morning and the sun was just rising in the east. Through the early morning shadows, ten figures can be seen loading up four motorbikes. They look as if they will be [...]

Good news from Tom and Debi Going in Indonesia

“In addition to teaching English and Health to both seventh- and eighth-graders at Sekolah Pelita Harapan (SPH), which means School of Light and Hope, Tom also teaches a unique weekly class to a group of eighth-grade boys called ‘Character Building’ (CB). Being a Christian school, we have the freedom to share our faith and God’s [...]

Good news from GEO missionaries Raymond and Emilie Dubert in Taiwan

“Recently, I [Emilie] have had a few unique experiences within the school office that I would like to share. The environment in our office is usually work, work, work, but sometimes it just takes a change of scenery to get the conversations going! In mid-October, an English speech and drama contest was help in the [...]

Good news from Rev. Ed and Cherie Auger in the Cayman Islands

“God has opened a door for a new missionary friendship in Honduras, Central America. Tulio Cesar Meza Mejia has begun his journey in training as a future harvest worker. Since 2007, Tulio has sensed God’s calling to serve in the ministry of Christ’s Gospel. Tulio has been blessed by his first opportunities to learn with [...]