This blog entry is written by Cathy Meier, wife of Mr. Bill Meier. Meier and Rev. Jeff Enderle accepted calls in 2007 to serve as WELS’ first missionaries to Mozambique; however, due to synodwide budget cuts, the two-man team has been recalled. They and their families had been in Portugal for the past year and [...]

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 [...]

 
Download a copy of the most recent update of all world mission fields.
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 [...]

It is now February and we are starting to make plans to go to Mozambique soon.  As we prepare for the next step in our lives and the mission, I find myself reflecting on the time we have lived here in Portugal.  We were called to Mozambique, Africa, which comes with very unique challenges.  Yet [...]

“Boas Festas!”  These words brightly light up the hillside overlooking the Douro River and the UN World Heritage area of Porto.  The phrase greets shoppers from store windows all over Portugal.  “Boas Festas” could loosely be translated as “Happy Holidays.”  It’s a nice, sentimental wish.  But in a nation that counts 90% of its population [...]