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	<title>Missions &#187; WELS Bios</title>
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		<title>Bio: David Savatski</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/12/14/bio-david-savatski/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[WELS Bios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[english]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furlough]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do I do?

Everyone has to have a title and mine is officially, “Missions Promotions Coordinator.” Pretty fancy, eh? When missionaries come home on furlough (their 2 month break every 2 years), I take care of the scheduling of presentations for them. Then I promote the presentations and the resources that we have available. Logically, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bio: David &amp; Rène  Parsons</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/08/19/bio-david-rene-parsons/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/08/19/bio-david-rene-parsons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[NORTH AMERICA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WELS Bios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[english]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reservation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David graduated from WLS in 2008 and was assigned as Missionary to Apache Missions of East Fork and Canyon Day.  His wife René graduated from MLC with a major in STEP (High School) Math.
David writes, &#8220;Because I grew up in a home mission congregation in Colorado, I have always had an interest in mission churches.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bio: Jennifer Lee</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/05/10/bio-jennifer-lee/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/05/10/bio-jennifer-lee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[AFRICA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WELS Bios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[central africa medical mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chichewa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending the last 16 years working in the public health sector, I became very aware  of the missing component in health care delivery. We focus primarily on how to fix the problems, but within specific guidelines. As a Christian I found many opportunities to share my faith with people who were suffering and dying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bio: Rebecca Wendland</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/04/20/bio-rebecca-wendland/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/04/20/bio-rebecca-wendland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[AFRICA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WELS Bios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blantyre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chichewa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lilongwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My family and I are located in Blantyre, Malawi, Africa. We have been serving here for about 5 years. My husband, Rob, is a bush missionary in southern Malawi, spreading God&#8217;s Word to over 13 congregations and to thousands of Malawians each month.
I am a 1996 graduate of MLC. Since graduation I have used my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bio: Cathy Meier</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/04/15/bio-cathy-meier/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/04/15/bio-cathy-meier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[AFRICA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mozambique]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am Cathy Meier, the wife of Bill Meier, Lay Missionary to Mozambique.  We arrived in Gaia, Portugal at the end of February &#8216;08 with our three daughters to learn Portuguese.  We have been doing intense language classes and the girls are going to Portuguese school.  I am originally from Watertown, WI, and graduated from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bio: John Lawrenz</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/04/10/bio-john-lawrenz/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/04/10/bio-john-lawrenz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WELS Bios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asia lutheran seminary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantonese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2005 Dr. John C. Lawrenz has served as president of Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong where he also teaches Old Testament and Christian doctrine.  He previously served as professor of Old Testament and Christian Education at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (2000-04), administrator of WELS ministerial education (1997-2000), vice-president for student life and Hebrew professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bio: Mark Johnston</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/04/05/bio-mark-johnston/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/04/05/bio-mark-johnston/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[AFRICA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chichewa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[funeral]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1975 Mark Johnston married Jane Gurgel and through the years they were blessed with five children.  His pastoral work took him to Bowdle, South Dakota – Deltona, FL – Waunakee, WI –and Spooner, WI, before accepting the call as missionary to Malawi, Africa.
He has been serving Beautiful Saviour of the Lutheran Church of Central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bio: Eric Duwe</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/03/08/bio-eric-duwe/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/03/08/bio-eric-duwe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WELS Bios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My role in the WELS Thailand Mission is as a mission assistant.  I teach English classes to students who attend the Bible Institute in Chiang Mai, and also live in the guys’ dorm as a resource for the guys there.  Some evenings I teach English as an outreach tool for the church.  I assist the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bio: Harold Essmann</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/03/01/bio-harold-essmann/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/03/01/bio-harold-essmann/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WELS Bios]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harold A. Essmann previously served as missionary to Zambia and part-time worker in Bulgaria. He was a member of the Board for World Missions for 24 years and the Committee for Mission Expansion for 18 years. Pastor Essmann served as contact person with people in Pakistan and Nepal from 2002 to the present and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bio: Katie Lehman</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/02/07/bio-eric-katie-lehman/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2008/02/07/bio-eric-katie-lehman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in the Thailand Mission fills many different roles.  As a Kingdom Worker, some of my jobs are to teach English to the Bible Institute students, to help run the handicraft program and weekly craft times, to teach English outreach classes a few days a week, and to be a support to the mission with [...]]]></description>
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