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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
At Work in the Kitchen!
This is hardly a kitchen American Christians can relate to, but it is where the cook in an Indian or…
Useful Yes, But Fragile
These ceramic bowls were crafted and decorated by a Peruvian rainforest artisan. St. Paul teaches us…
Bringing the Gospel to Faraway Places
Anena Christensen served in a mission in India, 1926-1939. For that period, she was the only ELS rep…
They Are Not in Jail
These boys reside in an orphan home in Guntipalli, India. The bars on the windows are a customary bu…
Built on the Rock…
This stone church souvenir is made from a of sample of the material produced at a quarry outside San…
Whose Hat is This?
Among the Ukrainian Orthodox clergy, four locks of hair are clipped from those who profess commitmen…
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).