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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
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…
Behind the Mask
In Korea’s distant past, masks were used in religious rites to ward off evil spirits. Today they are…
Opportunities to Help Abound
This girl enjoyed lunch at a Christian school in the Peruvian rainforest. Though the government prov…
More World Mission Souvenir Photos
WMS Photo 24
Another note about the elephant-headed Hindu deity, Ganesh, who is thought to muscle obstacles from the path of the faithful. At the conclusion of a festival honoring Ganesh, small idols are immersed in rivers. Too many have slipped through wet fingers into the waters, causing a pollution problem. The solution? Now one can buy a bio-degradable idol. Of course, Ganesh, like all idols, has always been bio-degradable and will be shown to be so on Judgment Day. Jesus said… I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. (John 14:6)