World Mission Souvenirs

At a fishing village on Black Mountain Island (Haeksando), off the western coast of South Korea, I followed the noise of laughter and shouting through the… Read More »Kindness to a Stranger

At tourist attractions in Australia you can watch a demonstration of the returning boomerang. This hunting tool is shaped in such a way that, when… Read More »What Goes Around…

Great honor is bestowed on guests who are received in Indian village churches. On one occasion, as we climbed out of our car, bottle rockets… Read More »Welcome to Our Church

This World Mission Souvenir was purchased at a street market on a snowy afternoon in Kiev, Ukraine. The figure is Suyatyy Mykolay, (St. Nicholas), who… Read More »True Christmas Gift-giving

Traveling eastward by train from Ternopil to Kiev, Ukraine, we rolled across flat farmland under a clear blue sky stretched above fields of bright yellow… Read More » The Companions God Gives Us

Pastor Watson served a small Lutheran congregation in a thatch-roof village in India. After a chicken and rice lunch cooked over an open fire and… Read More »The Pastor and the Paper Picker

Generally only percussion instruments are heard in Buddhist temples as monks sit cross-legged before shiny gold Buddhas and chant their sutras (statements of Buddhist principles)… Read More »Take it to the Lord in Prayer

Did you know that the churches we support as “world missions” conduct Gospel ministry in places they consider their own fields ripe for harvest (John… Read More »The World-wide Harvest

Fidel Convercio studied for 18 years to become a Lutheran pastor in Peru. Yes, you could say he was a persistent student! Why such a… Read More »Commitment to Lutheran Pastoral Ministry

A group of six candidates being ordained in the Lutheran Mission of Salvation – India in Rajahmundry. As you can see in this World Mission… Read More »Your Pastor Wore Shoes on the Day He was Ordained. These Pastors Didn’t.