Every January, a group of men from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary travel to Mexico. Instead of hitting the beaches, they spend some time studying Spanish at a language institute. Then they meet up with Mexican seminary students and pastors for a workshop.This annual event is called the Mexico-Mequon workshop, and it is a special time for all [...]

Worker training: It may not be the most glamorous aspect to mission work, but it is certainly one of the most important. Every weekday morning, Mike prepares classes and then heads to the Mexican Lutheran Seminary, located here in Torreón, to teach. Each year, he spends hours upon hours studying with men who want to [...]

One of the Mexican seminary students, Carlos Rosales, is currently in northern Sonora, a Mexican state that borders Arizona. To get there, he had to take a 19-hour bus ride from Torreón.
His long trip has a good purpose: Carlos is there as part of seminary recruitment efforts. Missionary Ron Baerbock is working with many souls [...]

ALS or Asia Lutheran Seminary, is our WELS Seminary based in Hong Kong. Dr Lawrenz and wife, Phoebe, came to Taiwan in late August for teaching an Old Testament Theology course and to fellowship with the Stellicks in Central Taiwan.
There are 3 evangelists in Taiwan that are continuing their theological studies and other interested church [...]

“I’m a wanderer,” Carlos once told me, joking about the many moves he’s made in his life. Born in Paraguay but raised in Mexico, he has lived in 7 of its 31 states.
Now a seminary student, Carlos Rosales currently lives in Torreón. While he may not be permanently settled (pastors travel long distances in Mexico [...]