Bio: Eric Duwe

My role in the WELS Thailand Mission is as a mission assistant.  I teach English classes to students who attend the Bible Institute in Chiang Mai, and also live in the guys’ dorm as a resource for the guys there.  Some evenings I teach English as an outreach tool for the church.  I assist the […]

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Bio: Katie Lehman

Everyone in the Thailand Mission fills many different roles.  As a Kingdom Worker, some of my jobs are to teach English to the Bible Institute students, to help run the handicraft program and weekly craft times, to teach English outreach classes a few days a week, and to be a support to the mission with […]

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Bio: David Bivens

Missionary David Bivens was assigned as a missionary to Brazil where he and his wife would carry out ministry in the Portuguese language in and around the city of Gravataí located in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.  Please pray for them as they seek to bring the Gospel message to another country and […]

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Bio: Guy Marquardt

Missionary Guy Marquardt has served on the Brazil field since his assignment from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1994.  The Marquardt family lives in Gravataí, in the southern-most state in Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul.  Missionary Marquardt’s current duties include serving as Field Coordinator for the Brazil mission and director of the seminary, and modeling ministry in the […]

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Bio: Amanda Paltzer

Amanda serves the mission in Zambia in her role as Support Manager and Nutrition Consultant in the new Lutheran Health and Development Program. She was born and raised in the US’s Midwest.  While attending the University of Minnesota, she met her husband, Jason, through True North Campus Ministries.  Amanda has lived in Zambia since 2005 […]

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Bio: Doug Weiser

Pastor Douglas Weiser serves a congregation in Bellevue, WA.  In addition to his full-time service there he also serves as the WELS liaison to our sister synod’s in Nigeria.  Doug has served in Louisiana, South Dakota and Zambia, Africa.  He makes several trips to Nigeria each year to assist the sister synods. 

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Bio: Bill Meier

Lay Missionary Meier and his wife Cathy lived and served in Malawi from 2001 through 2007. The family is currently in Portugal learning to speak Portuguese. After one year in Portugal they will move to Nampula, Mozambique to begin urban outreach efforts. Much detailed survey work will need to be finished before the ministry can […]

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Bio: Rachel Hartman

 Rachel first came to Mexico in 2000 to teach English. There she met Missionary Mike Hartman, and, as the story goes, never returned home. The couple was blessed with their first child, Trinity Rose, in February 2007.

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Bio: Brad Wordell

Brad Wordell began serving in Japan in 1999.  After two years of Japanese language training began serving at Aganai (Redemption) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tokyo.  Brad is now also serving on the Lutheran Evangelical Christian Church’s (LECC in Japan) governing board. Brad and Andrea have five children all of who live in Japan.

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Bio: Dan Myers

Missionary Myers graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1980.  Dan has served in Barre, Vermont and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Great Plains Lutheran High School in Watertown, South Dakota. 
Dan, his wife, Peggy and daughter Kara arrived in Cameroon in 2007.

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Bio: Bruce Ahlers

Missionary Ahlers graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1976.Bruce has served in Kansas City, Indonesia, and Jackson, MI.  He and his wife, Barbara moved to Tirana, Albania in 2002.

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