I can honestly say that I have never seen so many people walk into any church. On the 31 of October, Sure Foundation hosted its third annual Harvest Festival. With games, candy, and toys, Sure Foundation was the hot spot on the block for the evening. There were times in the evening when the doors [...]

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 WELS Mission in Mobile first kicked off as Living Word Lutheran Church in 1971 at the request of several households which had withdrawn from some other “too liberal” Lutheran churches.  Though the congregation eventually became self-supporting, we never experienced the growth we hoped for.  In 2000, with the support of the Board for Home [...]

Hope Lutheran Church is located in Toronto but more accurately Scarborough which was swallowed up by Toronto about 10 years ago.

Scarborough unfortunately has also been called “Scarlem” because of the high crime rates.  Someone once said to me, “Why would you guys pick that location?  It’s so rough…”  To which I answered, “Where better for [...]

Many may think all countries in Latin America are alike. At first glance, Dominican Republic (DR) and Mexico may appear to be the same, but as my husband Nate and I adapt from the DR to our new home and culture in Torreon, Mexico, we discover more and more differences between the two countries every [...]