Good news from Todd and Kim Roeske in the Philippines
"'Where are we going?' I asked. 'We are going to do the Baptisms,' one of my companions explained. 'Couldn't we do them at the church?' I asked. 'No. We'd rather do them at the river.'
"'Where are we going?' I asked. 'We are going to do the Baptisms,' one of my companions explained. 'Couldn't we do them at the church?' I asked. 'No. We'd rather do them at the river.'
Monday, February 8, 2010
“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 [...]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
“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 [...]
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
“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 [...]
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
“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 [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
“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 [...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
“Here at Concordia Middle School (CMS), the religion department organizes small groups for students in eighth and ninth grade. I decided to help with it this year and have a group of nine eighth graders. Some of these are my current students who I have English Bible class with, and others I do not teach [...]
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Dr. Robert Kolb, a short-term theological educator through LCMS World Mission, recently had his first book translated into Chinese and published by China Lutheran Seminary in Taiwan. The book, “Martin Luther: Pastor of God’s People” will serve as a great resource to seminary students and others throughout Asia. Dr. Kolb serves the Lord as a [...]
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Long-time missionary Carol Halter befriends, visits, and shows Christ’s love to many of Hong Kong’s homeless people (or ‘street sleepers’). Every year, she organizes volunteers and throws a party for them! This year, the venue was Concordia Lutheran School, one of the LCHKS (Lutheran Church – Hong Kong Synod) schools. Each of the 50+ [...]
Thursday, October 23, 2008
“I would like to also share a praise item from an out-of-school fellowship. Two weeks ago, we kicked off another year of OSF (On-Campus Student Fellowship). This is for the students who live at school and it is a chance for them to sing songs, learn about Jesus, and spend some social time with other [...]
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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