|
We join the individuals and congregations of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren in praising God for the financial provision for Lutheran Brethren International Mission for this past fiscal year. Reaching our goal, by God’s grace, allows us to move forward into a new year of ministry in both Asia and Africa.
Our missionaries in overseas ministries need and appreciate your partnership in the Gospel as they go to people in Asia and Africa, encouraged by your gifts and prayers.
- Dean and Linda Bengtson – Japan
- Ethan and Sandy Christofferson – Taiwan
- Mike and Delores Kittelson – Taiwan
- Andrew and Kris Larsen – Taiwan
- Joel and Liz – East Asia
- Danny and Mandy – States/Chad
- Nathanael and Carrie – Chad
- Paul and Teresa – Chad
- Marcos - Dan – Stateside
|
|
Zachary and Alissa were approved for missionary call to an unreached people group in Chad at the October 2012 meeting of the Council of Directors.
As Zachary and Alissa have been processing the opportunity to come on staff with LBIM, they have encountered a major setback. Zachary has been diagnosed with a heart condition which could adversely be affected by long-term living in Chad. Even though he has undergone different tests, his cardiologist has been unable to specifically locate the problem area in his heart. Without knowing the specific cause, no treatment is able to be prescribed. With the preliminary diagnosis, there is a procedure Zachary could undertake to fix the condition, but again, this cannot be done until a more specific diagnosis is made. The heart procedure has anywhere from a 50-90% success rate, depending on the area of the heart being targeted. Medically speaking, this condition will stay with Zachary the rest of his life if a procedure is unable to correct it, and the condition would likely be progressive as he ages.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Danny and Mandy have been approved for call as missionaries of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren to serve in Chad, Africa.
My earliest recollection of Danny is in the late 90’s when he worked with the Youth Ministries of the CLB in their office and on training staff for Servant Teams that served in North America congregations. Later he and the Youth Ministry staff were a part of a church plant in Arizona. Here was a young man who wanted to serve the Lord and the Church and quietly worked and learned as he served others.
 My earliest recollection of Mandy is about ten years later when she and Danny moved to Fergus Falls to attend seminary at LBS. Mandy was an occupational therapist and in that role in our community I heard and saw first-hand of her caring heart that went beyond her “job.” It impacted my wife and me because she ministered to my mother-in-law. We came to know that Mandy had served in short-term missions before she and Danny married and she became an important part of the mission committee that was leading our congregation toward the adoption of a people group.
As they came to seminary, they expressed to me and others their desire to serve the Lord in cross-cultural ministry. They believed that God was calling them to full-time vocational service in an overseas cross-cultural setting. As we have followed their ministry and have heard their testimony, we as a Church have confirmed their personal call to serve as missionaries on behalf of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of North America.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Beginning in 1902 with missionaries to China, Lutheran Brethren International Mission has sent hundreds of missionaries to countries in Asia and Africa. The primary focus is taking the Good News of Jesus Christ to unreached people groups who have no indigenous church through which the gospel can be spread. We currently have missionaries in Chad, Japan, and Taiwan working among unreached people groups. LBIM is the international mission sphere of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren in North America.
