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Sat, Aug 15, 2009
Day One: Arriving at the Welcome Center in Chad Pastor Randy Paulson asked “What does God think when He looks down on this city?” I knew the answer, but I couldn’t respond; I was too choked up. After a few moments of silence Pastor Randy answered, “He sees a city with people that He loves.”
Sat, Aug 15, 2009
Our relationship to the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of Cameroon is one of sister Church to sister Church. We are fully independent of each other. Where we share vision we seek to partner together. For instance, we have a shared vision of reaching unreached Muslims for Jesus Christ.
Sat, Aug 15, 2009
I have been on three previous e3 Church Planting mission trips with Noel and Trisch Johnson; Kenya 2004 (with Pastor Dave Overland), Uganda 2005 (with Matthew Rogness), and Panama 2006. These three trips were well planned in partnership with experienced e3 in-country church leaders and involved as many as four local churches desiring to plant churches in a new area.
Sat, Aug 15, 2009
Many Japanese think that because they are Buddhists, they shouldn't come to a church service. However, our Church's Children's Christmas Program gave us a chance to tell many the real meaning of Christmas. Christmas is not Santa's birthday as many Japanese children answer, when asked, "Whose birthday does Christmas celebrate?"
Sat, Aug 15, 2009
I visited by phone with Tresa Myers, Lynnwood, Washington, past president of the Northwest District of Women's Ministries - and Kari Swanson, a traveling nurse based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They were two of the 20-member team who recently returned from a short-term mission trip to Cameroon. Women's Ministries is a long supporter of missions, so I asked these two women to share their perspectives with us.
Sat, Aug 15, 2009
There was an obvious sense of "sending" while on the mission trip due to the distance between Cameroon and each of our homes. The realization that the mission of our home churches was strongly connected to what we were doing with churches in Cameroon shifted my understanding of "being sent" from merely applying to my time in Cameroon to applying to my entire life as a follower of Christ.
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
The community was changing. Everything from storefront windows, to smells of Chinese food in the air; this part of Brooklyn went through a drastic change. What do you do? A church that had thrived in its ministry to Norwegian immigrants was now desperate for a new vision.
Mon, Aug 17, 2009
Our youth were serving in local mission with another youth group from a sister congregation in South Dakota, and together with the Evangelism and Service boards of Ebenezer, we planned and threw a party last August that our neighbors still talk about to this day.
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