Category: Mission News

July 16, 2020

Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) distributes food hampers, soap, essentials to Haitians amid pandemic

by Andrew Jackson HAITI – The Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) has been making great strides in adopting a new focus: Educating our Haiti brothers, laymen, to fill the role as spiritual leaders within their communities, in light of the lack of pastoral presence in…

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July 6, 2020

Not-So-Short-Term Missions!

by Robert C. Krestick Every once in a while, I encounter a person or even a brother in the Holy ministry who thinks that Team Zion’s yearly mission trips to Leon and surrounding areas in Nicaragua are not “real” mission trips because they are labeled…

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June 2, 2020

Pandemic Relief Aid in Cambodia

  CAMBODIA – As we know, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused grief and pain in all parts of the world, particularly causing great suffering among people living in countries that are least able to confront the disease. Cambodia is one of those countries. Recognizing the…

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May 25, 2020

Prayers requested for Nicaragua amid pandemic

by Olga Groh NICARAGUA – The pastors and deaconesses have informed us of the exponential increase in potential cases of COVID-19, occurring over the past few weeks in Nicaragua. Though the official government numbers in Nicaragua show a low number of cases – with 7…

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May 14, 2020

Moments of Crisis in Nicaragua

by Odily Neyra Friday, May 8, 2020 May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with each of our Lutheran brothers and sisters in Canada. My name is Odily Neyra. I am a wife and the mother to three beautiful children. I…

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May 6, 2020

Something new in Cambodia

by Leonard Harms CAMBODIA – On June 13, 2016, a church body died and a new one began. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia ceased to be because of problems of governance and an expired license with the Government of Cambodia. Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) was…

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