Asia Lutheran Seminary (ALS) – Asia Lutheran Seminary has entered its fifth year and will grant degrees for the first time on November 2.  Student body size that had ebbed slightly during the last two years has stabilized this fall.  The current human resources within our support and auxiliary staff are extraordinary in talent, experience, [...]

The Synod convention of 2009 is now over.  Interpreting its implications remains the challenge before us.  From a World Mission (WM) perspective there is a feeling of thankfulness that the five ‘at risk’ missionary positions were saved for the next 2 years.  The Board for World Missions (BWM) continues to believe that the loss of [...]

Did you know that each month a printable prayer calendar is published to assist you in praying for specific situations?  Print out a copy and post it on your refrigerator or in your Bible or devotional book.  Click to find the calendar for June 2009.

Thailand – On March 26, two students graduated from the “It is Finished” Seminary.  The two men were ordained and called to serve as ministers of the gospel in Thailand.  Six other students graduated from the Bible Institute and will be called to serve as interns.
– The church in Nepal is being blessed by [...]

Easter in Portugal will be very low key this year for our family.  Here are a few things we will be missing this year for Easter.

We won’t be going to a 6am sunrise service and eating Easter brunch.
There won’t be trumpets and choirs in church.
There won’t be huge bouquets of flowers and banners in the [...]