Petrea Schwahn, who serves as a GEO Missionary in Taiwan, recently volunteered with a group doing typhoon clean-up in the southern part of the country. In August, Typhoon Morakot devastated Taiwan and other areas with wind, rain, and landslides. Petrea and other volunteers spent the day shoveling mud from a village, where residents had lost [...]
Friday, September 25, 2009
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On August 23, Rev. Robert Flohrs was installed as the new mission-minded pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Frankfurt, Germany. Rev. Brent Smith, regional director of Eurasia, performed the installation. Rev. Flohrs, originally from Mesa, Ariz., has been involved in mission work throughout Germany for several years prior to his reception of the call to [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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Kids attending this week’s ESL Bible Camp at Luther University in South Korea act out the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead as Amanda Bottjen looks on. Amanda was part of a short-term team from Trinity Lutheran Church in Algona, IA that traveled to South Korea this month to serve several ministries of [...]
Monday, July 27, 2009
Sarah Longmire leads the kids in prayer at Concordia Day Care in Bang Na, Bangkok, Thailand. Sarah teaches at the day care, shares her faith, and builds relationships with the kids and their parents and grandparents, many of whom live in the nearby slum community. Learn more about mission work in Thailand
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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When Ugandans introduce themselves to Americans the American will often remark, “How wonderful, that was my (great)grandfather’s/(great)grandmother’s name!” Many Ugandans have traditional English names as the personalized key-chains illustrate so well. Photo from Rev. Jacob Gillard Jacob and Michelle Gillard’s blog Mission work in Uganda
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Dave Hoeppner interviews teachers in India regarding the needs of their school. David and Beth Hoeppner serve the Lord in India and Sri Lanka, where they serve as educational consultants for the India Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Lanka Lutheran Church. They help develop religious curriculum in schools, coordinate short-term teams, provide enrichment opportunities for [...]
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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Adrian, a vicar from the seminary in Buenas Aires Argentina, goes over the order of worship for a Saturday evening service in the mission congregation at Salta, Argentina before going to the front to read the scripture lessons. Adrian is learning from David Theys, an LCMS World Mission Ablaze Alliance missionary, while serving the small [...]
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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This boy with striking eyes attended a special sunday school event put on by the Panamanian Lutheran church in Loma Cova. Every Sunday members from the church climb up to the mountain village of Los Nubes, a poverty stricken area with little health care, no clean water, and few opportunities. The members share the [...]
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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Pastors from all over Taiwan give their blessings to Pastor Alex Wu during his May 3rd installation at Salvation Lutheran Church in Chaiyi, Taiwan. Salvation Lutheran Church is a member of the China Evangelical Lutheran Church Taiwan (CELC), a partner church body of the LCMS. Pastor Wu is a graduate of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and [...]
Thursday, May 28, 2009
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Ablaze! Alliance Missionary Rev. David Theys hands out informational tracts in the city of Jujuy, Argentina. The city, in Argentina’s northernmost province, does not yet have a Lutheran presence. David Theys and members of his mission congregation in Salta, Argentina, two hours from Jujuy, sell Christian material on the street and make valuable contacts for [...]
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