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Let’s Talk About World Mission Souvenirs Bible Study
Intriguing images and inspirational stories from the World Outreach ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Peru, Chile, India, Korea, Ukraine, Czechia and Latvia.
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Original World Mission Souvenirs Series
“But This Cross is Not for Hanging on the Wall”
Souvenir: from the French for ‘remember.’ Strolling among the many tourist shops along Khreshchatyk …
Old-fashioned Indian Threshing
Around the country, the harvest has begun. Huge machines crawl across fields of corn and soybeans, g…
Partnership in the Gospel
A final but favorite World Mission Souvenir, this photo may well reflect what St. Paul expressed in …
Keep Faith’s Fire Burning
A community kitchen at a rainforest village in the Upper Amazon Basin of Peru. Cooking pots rest on …
8 Billion People on Earth and God Knows Your Name?
Isaiah says of God’s people, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are …
Say Your Prayers!
Do prayers simply fly away into the wind? That’s the idea behind these small Buddhist prayer flags d…
More World Mission Souvenir Photos
WMS Photo 35
A popular Ukrainian souvenir, the Matryoshka doll (sometimes called the Russian nesting doll) is at first glance one colorfully painted wooden piece. Opening the doll, however, reveals other pieces which are each consecutively smaller than its outer duplicate counterpart. Children especially enjoy finding the dolls hidden inside. “On the third day he was raised again from the dead . . .” As Christ lay hidden within the cave tomb, it likely appeared to his followers that all was lost. But Easter morning revealed convincingly that Jesus Christ was successful as our Savior. He “was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead (Romans 1).