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Posted by rhartman on July 31st, 2007 in Mexico

We give thanks to God for another pastor in Mexico! In May of this year, Juan Jose Olvera finished his studies at the seminary in Torreón. A special graduation ceremony was held for him at the National Convention in Juarez on Sunday, July 15th.
Missionary Mike Hartman preached the graduation sermon. In it, he recalled the […]

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Posted by rhartman on July 12th, 2007 in Mexico

Today the leaders of the IELC (Mexican Lutheran Synod) are gathered together for the start of the annual national convention. They have traveled from many parts of Mexico to Juárez, a city in northern Mexico just across the border from El Paso, Texas.
Pastors and delegates traveled from places as far away as Mexico City and […]

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Posted by rhartman on July 7th, 2007 in Mexico

Source: Picture taken by Jan Zatko, March the 16th, 2005
According to a study by the Wall Street Journal, the Basilica of our Lady of Guadalupe was the most visited Catholic sanctuary in the world in 2006. It even topped St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
Last year, almost 10 million visitors came to the Basilica […]

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Posted by Kevin Stellick on July 6th, 2007 in Taiwan

Mission Accomplished! What is the mission? To share the good news of Jesus Christ and to establish and equip national churches to do the same within their cultures. Since 1993 we have lived in the central Taiwan city of Taichung. The divine call that we were given was to plant a church in Taichung that […]

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Posted by rhartman on July 4th, 2007 in Mexico

One by one, the girls stood under a canopy of roses. There they waited for their six-year-old counterpart to present them with a rose on one knee. Together they walked to the dance floor, where they performed a waltz with the other graduates.
Kindergarten graduates, that is.
On Tuesday, July 3rd, we attended a ceremony to honor […]

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