A short-term mission team from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mt. Prospect, IL is sending us updates from the field. They are helping to build houses for impoverished Vietnamese families, while experiencing Lutheran Hour Ministries outreach first-hand. Please pray for the volunteer team and for our staff. What a great day! We traveled by boat … Continue reading »
A short-term mission team from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mt. Prospect, IL is sending us updates from the field. They are helping to build houses for impoverished Vietnamese families, while experiencing Lutheran Hour Ministries outreach first-hand. Please pray for the volunteer team and for our staff. Greetings to all from Vietnam- We wanted to … Continue reading »
De Franco said, “Everyone in the mission team (including me) and the local volunteers had tears in our eyes because we were so impressed by the children singing and declaring that ‘they are soldiers of God!’ We can be sure that these children never forget that!” Continue reading »
The team has made it their mission to build a bridge between Indiana and Ethiopia. They affectionately call this cause a “glocal mission,” because the undertaking of their local congregations is to share Christ’s love globally. Continue reading »
I am going because our loving God of mission has raised up and surrounded me with people who amaze me. On our travel teams, He humbles me with the men, women, and children through whom He has laid a foundation flexibility, adaptability and teachability in mission. On this travel team He inspires me … Continue reading »
Why am I going? This is my third trip to Ethiopia and I guess my answer is similar to what it has been in the past 2 trips: God wants me there. I have fallen in love with the Ethiopian people and cannot imagine NOT going back. They are the most beautiful people … Continue reading »
God’s Word and His Spirit have led me to believe in Jesus the Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. Simply put, Jesus has taken the full blame and punishment for my sin, and I have taken the full pardon. I have received God’s grace. Believing this, and the resulting personal relationship of … Continue reading »
This past year I have grown in my love for Christ and the many blessings He has given me. A year ago I found out I had breast cancer once again. Fortunately, it was caught very early. With the help of many friends and family, I coped with six months of chemotherapy. It … Continue reading »
A famous Ethiopian proverb says, “Eat when the food is ready, speak when the time is right.” For me, the time is right and the delicious aroma of a hot meal is wafting in my direction. In conjunction, John 4:35 says, “Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, … Continue reading »
Volunteers from Concordia Lutheran Church in Pullman, Washington recently returned from their week-long trip to Guatemala, where they shared the love of God in the small city of Puerto Barrios. The Concordia team held two Vacation Bible School (VBS) day camps for 365 children and helped with construction at the Lutheran Community Center. “We were … Continue reading »
