Category: Mission News
The Value of the Kingdom of Heaven
by Brad Schollenberg The Kingdom of Heaven is priceless! Jesus says in Matthew 13 that it’s like treasure hidden in a field, so valuable that you buy the whole field—or like a fine pearl where you sell everything you own to buy it. Of course,…
LBTC awards Lifetime Achievement Award
MISSION, B.C. – Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada (LBTC) awarded their Lifetime Achievement Award to Laurie Lonneberg on June 16, 2019. Rev. Ron Mohr, LBTC Executive Director, presented the award to Lonneberg “with thanks and praise to God” for Lonneberg’s “many years of service to and…
LBTC: Progress for Cameroon’s “Bible House”
CAMEROON – The Bible House construction project has been the big news in Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada (LBTC) circles for the past few years. And the excitement continues to mount as the building nears completion. Bill and Freda Klassen spent three months in Cameroon—November…
ABC District LWML-C holds 32nd convention
CALGARY, Alt. – The 32nd convention of the ABC District of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League – Canada took place in Calgary on June 20-22, 2019. District President Linda Horton reported that “the Convention was a success and fulfilled the needs of many, which is…
2019 Central District LWMLC convention
YORKTON, Sask. – From June 7-9, 2019, the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League-Canada (LWMLC) Central District Convention met for business and fellowship. District President Pam Burns called the event “a mountain top experience.” Highlights included an ingathering of 250 prayer cards, and financial donations to be…
Central American Deaconesses meet in Costa Rica
COSTA RICA – The months of January to June, 2019 were packed full of exciting preparations for a new deaconess experience in Central America: Vida en Comunidad (Life Together). This time, the Encuentro (retreat) was to be held in Cartago, Costa Rica, where participants would spend…