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Below is a sample of updates from a few fields…
Nepal – Great progress is being made in sharing the gospel in the country of Nepal where not many years ago few were called Christians.  The Scripture Learning Program continues to provide Christian literature [...]

In May hundreds of people celebrated the graduation and assignment of the class of 2008. If you happened to be in attendance at any of the events that week you may have heard the happy tones of Spanish-speaking voices. Many family members and friends of Gonzalo Delgadillo and Nelson Encarnación, graduates of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary [...]

Since 1964, WELS has been working to bring the good news of Jesus’ resurrection to Latin America. Missionaries were first sent to Puerto Rico. During the following decades, mission work spread to more countries south of the U.S. border.
Today, 12 WELS missionaries serve Latin America. In addition to Puerto Rico, they reside in Mexico, the [...]

LATTE stands for Latin American Traveling Theological Educators. Latin American because work is done in all of the mission fields in Latin America—Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Brazil. Traveling because visits are made to each field on a rotating basis. Theological Educators because missionaries serve as the seminary professors of the men [...]

Since 1999, when WELS missionaries were pulled out of Colombia for security reasons, the Colombian national church has continued to thrive.  Before the missionaries evacuated, they concentrated their efforts on training the nationals to do ministry and outreach in Bogotá and Medellín.  Though not fully trained, the leaders were blessed to serve their congregations and [...]