Kindness to a Stranger
At a fishing village on Black Mountain Island (Haeksando), off the western coast of South Korea, I f…
What Goes Around…
At tourist attractions in Australia you can watch a demonstration of the returning boomerang. This h…
Welcome to Our Church
Great honor is bestowed on guests who are received in Indian village churches. On one occasion, as w…
True Christmas Gift-giving
This World Mission Souvenir was purchased at a street market on a snowy afternoon in Kiev, Ukraine. …
The Companions God Gives Us
Traveling eastward by train from Ternopil to Kiev, Ukraine, we rolled across flat farmland under a c…
The Pastor and the Paper Picker
Pastor Watson served a small Lutheran congregation in a thatch-roof village in India. After a chicke…
World Mission Souvenir Photos
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At Martin Luther School in Plzen, Czechia (formerly the Czech Republic) over 200 children learn secular subjects plus Christian doctrine. A prayer for students: Good Shepherd of Thy sheep, Thine own defending, In love Thy children keep to life unending. Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, #183, v3