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Quilts for Malawian Ministerial Students

I’ll tell you, it’s downright chilly at 55F without central heat. You certainly need a blanket at night. This season a donation of quilts was much appreciated. The quilts came here to the Lutheran Bible Institute through a special courier, my brother, who had come to visit.
Andy lives near Washington DC. [...]


Trusting Beautiful Saviour

This blog entry is from Missionary Mark Johnston, one of six WELS missionaries currently serving in Malawi.  Due to synod wide budget cuts, his is one of as many as 15 missionary positions being eliminated around the world.
The Administrative Committee for Africa (ACA) is the WELS committee that overlooks the calling and the distribution of [...]


Relax, God is in Control

While driving around the city of Lilongwe, Malawi, there is a common bumper sticker that I laughed at the first time I saw it. It seemed to be a random place for the phrase. The bumper sticker simply states “Relax, God is in Control.” There it was—the best advice stuck to the back of a [...]


An orphan named Loveness

For three years an orphan girl, Loveness Banda, has been coming to our Children’s Hour on Friday afternoons.  She is our daughter in Christ and has a way to smiling even though life is very difficult.  She shows the faith in her heart with her attitude, her actions and her words.
She does not remember her [...]


Until we see each other face to face

I was just reading a devotion taken from the Beautiful Feet, Meditations For Missionary Women, when I came across a Bible verse from 2 John 12: I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to [...]