World Mission Souvenirs

Anena Christensen served in a mission in India, 1926-1939. For that period, she was the only ELS representative in a foreign mission field. She managed… Read More »Bringing the Gospel to Faraway Places

These boys reside in an orphan home in Guntipalli, India. The bars on the windows are a customary building construction feature, unfortunately necessary in a… Read More »They Are Not in Jail

This stone church souvenir is made from a of sample of the material produced at a quarry outside Santiago, Chile. It demonstrates the beauty and… Read More »Built on the Rock…

Among the Ukrainian Orthodox clergy, four locks of hair are clipped from those who profess commitment to faithful service to the Church. (“In the Name… Read More »Whose Hat is This?

As a little girl, Indira was severely burned when scalding cooking oil was accidentally splashed on her chest. Many plastic surgeries later, her life was… Read More »Christians Respond to God’s Blessings

During Holy Week our thoughts naturally turn toward the Cross of Christ. It’s a good time for us to think about the world, too. The… Read More »The Cross. The World.

Among the guests at the dedication of the Bible Institute of the Amazon Jungle in Tarapoto, Peru was a native named Baasha. Baasha said he… Read More »Properly Attired

The city of Tarapoto lies between the foothills of the Andes Mountains to the west, and the dense rainforest of the Upper Amazon Basin to… Read More »Redeemed by Christ

“He broke the coconut!” an Indian pastor said in disgust. He was referring to a former fellow-pastor who had blatantly abandoned the Lutheran practice of… Read More »“He Broke the Coconut!”

This World Mission Souvenir is an embroidered Lord’s Prayer in Ukrainian. Among Christians, the language in which it is offered is not nearly as important as… Read More »We Pray to Our Father