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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
Kitchen Blessing
A friend in the Czech Republic gave me an oval plate, which he called a kitchen blessing. That’s whe…
Banana Bicycles
I crossed paths with two men and their bicycles in Rajahmundry, India. One was at the banana market …
Why So Many Caskets Right Here?
Souvenir: from the French for ‘remember.’ Most South American cities are centered around the Plaza d…
A Pretty Neat Trick
The rooster on the church steeple is one of the most common symbols in Latvia. Often found on the we…
Tattoo Anyone?
Souvenir: from the French for ‘remember.’ From a street vendor in Hyderabad, India, I purchased a 3-…
“But This Cross is Not for Hanging on the Wall”
Souvenir: from the French for ‘remember.’ July 11, 2023 Strolling among the many tourist shops along…
More World Mission Souvenir Photos
WMS Photo 34
Children line up to receive food at the slum village adjacent to Smokey Mountain, the garbage dump of Manilla, Philippines. Residents of the slum scavenge among the refuse to find recyclable material to sell. Soup and bread, provided by nearby non-denominational congregations, are distributed to impoverished children through Landfill Mission Church. What are the implications of what Jesus told his disciples regarding hungry people? When a crowd followed Jesus to "a solitary place,” Matthew says that our Savior “. . . had compassion on them (Matthew 14).” He told his disciples, “You give them something to eat.” Christian congregations in the U.S. stock church pantries for travelers in need. They contribute to community food banks to feed hungry neighbors. These actions are responses to our Lord’s loving kindness, his “compassion” toward us. They reflect gratitude not only for God’s gracious providence, but especially for the forgiveness of sin he grants us in Christ, our Savior.