Posted by eduwe on June 25th, 2008 in SOUTHEAST ASIA, Slideshows, Thailand
Every day is an opportunity for us to give thanks for the grace we have been given, but recently the students at the “It Is Finished” Bible Institute and Seminary have shared their stories of thankfulness with each other. During the last term, the Bible students and members of Promise Lutheran Church witnessed a miracle […]
Posted by missions on June 22nd, 2008 in India, SOUTHEAST ASIA
Seminary student M. Yesubabu and his family have been caring for children since June of 2006. I would like to introduce them to you. Yesubabu and his wife, Mary are pictured with the children in their home on the left. Yesubabu began his work in the CELM by attending classes taught by Pastor Prabhudas. After […]
Posted by missions on June 17th, 2008 in AFRICA, General, JAPAN-EUROPE-ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, Slideshows
Why do wives go to the CELC? Is it to shop for Pchenko dolls at the bazaars of Kiev? sight-see ? experience the underground mall at Independence Square? Maybe somewhat. However, about 20 of us came also because we share a love and zeal for our husbands’ work in the Kingdom and we are equally […]
Posted by jlawrenz on June 4th, 2008 in Hong Kong, SOUTHEAST ASIA
A professor at Asia Lutheran Seminary speaks about the opportunities for seminary education via distance learning. Listen to the podcast.
Posted by missions on May 27th, 2008 in SOUTHEAST ASIA, Slideshows, Thailand
As the new school year begins at the “It Is Finished” Bible Institute and Seminary, things look a little different. There are fewer students sitting in class due to some of the recent graduates serving in different internship positions around Thailand. The schedules are different as the missionaries stretch to translate new courses for the […]
Posted by hessmann on May 13th, 2008 in Nepal, SOUTHEAST ASIA, Slideshows
Free clinics are conducted in various areas of Far and Mid-Western Nepal about every two months with funds provided by the Humanitarian Aid Committee. These clincs serve as a bridge for the spead of the gospel. It should be noted that the Darchula District, where the free clinic was conducted, is in the extreme Northwestern […]
Posted by jlawrenz on April 24th, 2008 in Hong Kong, SOUTHEAST ASIA
Vashti is a new Christian. Hebrew-speaking Israelis came to her part of mainland China to be agricultural advisors. Their language intrigued her. Vashti heard there would be an intensive ten-day, four-hour-a-day beginning Hebrew class taught by Professor John C. Lawrenz of the WELS seminary in Hong Kong. She enrolled. At the end of ten days […]
Posted by eduwe on April 16th, 2008 in SOUTHEAST ASIA, Slideshows, Thailand
The temperature was certainly hot in the beach city of Krabi in southern Thailand, but it was the Holy Spirit that was on fire during a recent outreach trip by a WELS mission team to the city in early April.
About thirty youths attended a three-day English camp put together by the mission team, who traveled […]
Posted by jlawrenz on April 11th, 2008 in Hong Kong, SOUTHEAST ASIA
WELS has been sharing the Gospel in Hong Kong since the 1960s. Asia Lutheran Seminary opened in 2005 as one part of the 2003 “Now Is the Time” commitment of WELS to the wider Chinese-speaking world. ALS works alongside SALEM, the WELS daughter church in Hong Kong, and also on behalf of the WELS mission […]