"For the past 10 years, Concordia University Irvine students have been travelling to Hungary every other summer to lead a camp for Hungarian students. Six years ago, I was part of the team that came, and it was then that I first became interested in serving the Lord here. I know firsthand how the Lord changes lives...
"One day, I was working at a English Language competition as one of the judges. During one of my evaluations, I hit it off immediately with Lukas, a student from another school who had a natural talent for the English language. During the individual testing of the competition, he expressed his disbelief in God...
"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...
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.
"Since South African schools were on holiday for the FIFA World Cup, Julia, a fellow GEO missionary, and I planned another round of vacation Bible school. This time, it was a three-week session that started on June 22 and ended on July 9. We asked for volunteers from the local Lutheran church and schools to assist us...
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...
Andy and Jamie Koenig are preparing to serve as GEO missionaries in Poland, where they will be building relationships with students and their families through teaching English as a Foreign Language and helping with other outreach activities in the Polish congregations where they serve.
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...
"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.
GEO missionary Shara Cunningham shares, "This month was filled with school visits and the opportunity to form long-lasting relationships with the teachers at the schools in Ntshongweni. Part of my ministry is to ensure that the orphans are all attending school and to make sure that they are doing well...
Thursday, September 2, 2010
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