STORIES FROM KENYA
The Samburu OutreachImagine what it was like for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob herding their flocks and finding water at a well. It’s still like that today in the remote desert, mountainous and plains area of north central Kenya where the Samburu people live. Their...
MISSION BEGINS WITH VISION
[This article was co-written by Dr. David Isaacson and Rev. David Lerseth.]How do mission organizations start and grow? What lessons can be learned from the history of their challenges, struggles, failures and successes, as well as the path they followed to develop...
OUR MISSION JOURNEY
Serving the Lord with Gladness in Thailand“I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me.” — Philippians 4:13Both nurses, Tommy and I served in Site #2 Refugee Camp on the Cambodian border in Thailand for four months in 1991-1992. There were 250,000 refugees...
ARE WE GOOD STEWARDS?
Important QuestionsRecently I was in California at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (GSLC) Irvine, CA, where Pastor Tom Brashears and GSLC leaders asked some very important, but rarely asked questions: Are we making the best and highest use of the financial gifts God has...
SHARING RESOURCES
Christ Lutheran Church“Where it feels like family”Editor: Is short term missions an important part of your global mission program? Do you encourage members to go and serve on mission trips? Amy: Yes, most recently in the summer of 2023, nine youth and eleven adults...
MINISTRY IN UKRAINE
Invasion!“Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” — Psalm 82:3-4 ESV“David, do not worry. We do not believe in big war.” How I wish...
