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Rickman (Panama) July 2023

Rickman_Panama_July2023.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file.   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Attached is our July newsletter and here is a link to our updated prayer card (www.lcms.org/rickman).    We are so thankful for your partnership in the Gospel!  In Christ <><, The Rickman Family

Conrad (Mexico) Update – June & July 2023

Conrad_Mexico_JUNE-JULY2023.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file.   Dear Partners in Mission,                 Grace, mercy, and peace be with all of you through God the Fatter and our Lord Jesus Christ. We hope that are enjoying you summer. Dan and I are presently in Mexico City packing our belongings and preparing for our next missionary assignment in…

Ramirez (Peru) Update: June & July 2023

Ramirez_Peru_June-July2023.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. June & July 2023 Newsletter from the Ramirez Family in Peru Happy Fourth of July! While we’re not celebrating American Independence Day in Peru we do have a lot to celebrate. The Lord is doing wonderful things to grow His church in Lima. Read about what’s happening this summer in…

Lehr (Puerto Rico) Update – May-June 2023

Lehr_Puerto-Rico_May2023.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Lehr_Puerto-Rico_June2023.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. News from LCMS Missionary Ashley Lehr and what God is doing in Puerto Rico.  Happy Summer Friends! Two months’ newsletters for the price of one in this email! Here is the latest update in the life of Missionary Ashley Lehr. In the May…

Conrad (Latin America) Update – March 2023

Conrad_Mexico_Mar2023.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file.   Dear Partners in Mission,             Greetings in the name of the Lord. We pray that God blesses your Holy Week and Easter services abundantly. Attached please find our recent newsletter. We thank you for your support and prayers that makes God’s mission in Latin America possible. HE IS RISEN!…

Flores (Tinkey) Update – Dominican Republic March 2023

Tinkey-Flores_Dominican-Republic_Mar2023.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. March greetings from Rafael and Jamielynn, You can view our latest newsletter attached. Included in this issue you’ll find: A call to REMEMBER (Psalm 105) A review of the goings-ons of the beginning of 2023 Visa news/update for Chile A mission moment from the community of Cienfuegos A Flores family…

Erin Mackenzie (Dominican Republic) Update – March 2023

Mackenzie_Latin-America_Mar2023.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. March 2023 News from Erin Mackenzie Serving the Lord in Latin America & the Caribbean FEATURED OPPORTUNITIES: (Click the images below for more details.)    I’m starting to think Himnario Luterano dedications are like ceremonial “first” pitches at baseball games – I’ve been on hand for at least three – but…

Flores (Tinkey) (Dominican Republic) Update – December 2022

Merry Christmas! ¡Feliz Navidad! December 25, 2022   Merry Christmas! ¡Feliz Navidad!   “The angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be…

Lehman­ (Puerto Rico) Update – December 2022

Lehman_Puerto-Rico_Dec2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. The Lehman Family Newsletter for Dec 2022/Jan 2023 The Lord has continued to bless the mission here in Puerto Rico through the Advent season and into the Christmas season! Please click the attached to read our newsletter. It will fill you in on all that is going on with our family and…

Gerald Paul (Cayman Islands) Update – January 2023

Gerald-Paul_Cayman-Islands_Jan2023.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Serving the Lord in the Cayman Islands News from Gerald and Heidi Paul Christmas Eve on the beach Christmas Day overflow seating required Travel woes Impromptu Nativity play Benevenutis here from Jamaica Home Service sign up! Home Visit June/July 2023. Please let us know if we can visit your church…

Wildauer (Belize) Update – January 2023

Wildauer_Belize_Dec2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file.     A Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to you who are redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. I pray that this Christmas greeting finds you well on this, the 10th Day of Christmas. Our family is doing well now having celebrated our second Christmas in Belize….

Lehman (Puerto Rico) Update – January 2023

Fire and Damages to Ponce church property On the evening of January 2, the abandoned house next to the church property in Ponce caught fire. The house was burned to the foundation. The Church building itself is safe, however our Mercy House has sustained some damage. Thankfully the Mercy House was empty at the time and no one was harmed. We…

James Sharp (Uruguay) Update – December 2022

Sharp_Uruguay_Dec2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. December 2022 Newsletter We have had a busy few months in Uruguay. New missions! New ministry centers! New buildings! New co-workers! A visit from LCMS Communications! Erik Lunsford, LCMS Communications, takes pictures at sunset along the Rio de Plata in Montevideo. Click here for an article about the world in…

Caitlin Ramirez (Peru) Update – December 2022

Rameriz_Peru_Dec2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. December 2022 Newsletter from the Ramirez Family Advent celebrations. Christmas preparations. Outreach operations.  Read all about them in our newest newsletter.   We love Advent! This year it has been wonderful to be here together in family with the church in Peru, beginning to establish new traditions and ways to share together and…

Erin Mackenzie (Dominican Republic) Update – December 2022

Mackenzie_Dominican-Republic_Dec2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. December 2022 News from Erin Mackenzie Serving the Lord in Latin America & the Caribbean Happy Christmas from Heroes Square, George Town, Grand Cayman…in front of the George Town Public Library! Photo credit: Heidi Paul. In this issue: Ancient arithmetic.   How many instances of peace can you pick out in the hymns and…

Lehr (Puerto Rico) Update – November 2022

Lehr_Puerto-Rico_Nov2022_.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. News from LCMS Missionary Ashley Lehr and what God is doing in Puerto Rico.  We have entered my favorite time of the year. Happy Advent. Here is the latest update in the life of Missionary Ashley Lehr. In this Issue: A trip to Belize for their FORO and the Volunteer Coordinators Conference. What…

Gerald Paul (Cayman Islands) Update – December 2022

Gerald-Paul_Cayman-Islands_Dec2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Serving the Lord in the Cayman Islands News from Gerald and Heidi Paul In our December newsletter . . . Short-term mission team visits from St. Louis, MO Advent banners consecrated Celebrating Cayman Thanksgiving Home Service coming up in June/July 2023! Home Visit June/July 2023. Please let us know if we…

Burch (Belize) Update – December 2022

Blessed Advent! As we look toward the miracle of the manger, it is worth taking a moment to remember the cross and how thankful we are…thankful first for our salvation, and then for the opportunity to serve the King as missionaries.   This has been a full and wonderful fall. We have had the privilege here at Camp Concordia to…

Fritsche (Dominican Republic) Update – November 2022

Fritsche_Dominican-Republic_Nov2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Check out what the Fritsches have been up to… Thanksgiving greetings from missionaries Rev. Joel & Deaconess Clarion Fritsche and family in the Dominican Republic! November 2022 Newsletter. You are receiving this because you either signed up or have supported us through LCMS or Mission Central.  Either way, thank you for following our…

Tape (Dominican Republic) Update – November 2022

NOVEMBER NEWS FROM THE TAPE FAMILY John, Erica, and Sophie Serving the Lord in Latin America FOROs All Around the Region Fall has brought a busy season of FOROs around Latin America. A FORO (Spanish for “Forum”) is a gathering during which local church leaders meet with partners to discuss and plan future work to further the Gospel. During the last…

Logston (Belize) Newsletter – November 2022

Logston_Belize_Nov2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 J4 – The Logston’s by Jordan Logston    

Mission Field-Montreal (St-Onge) Update – November 2022

St-Onge_Mission-Field-Montreal_Nov2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. LCMS Missions, thanks for your support! In The Way with the St-Onges November 2022 Check out our Picture Gallery Our deaconess, Emilie Stoller-Prozenko, labels each of her newsletters “The One Where…” I really wanted to call this one “The One Where the Car Crashes Into Our House.” But more happened…

Lehr (Puerto Rico) Update – October 2022

Lehr_Puerto-Rico_Oct2022_.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. <![if !vml]><![endif]> News from LCMS Missionary Ashley Lehr and what God is doing in Puerto Rico.  IT’S FALL Y’ALL. Happy Fall greetings from your sister in Christ serving the Lord in Puerto Rico. Here is the latest update in the life of Missionary Ashley Lehr. In this Issue: Confirmation of a new brother…

Remirez (Peru) Update – November 2022

Happy Thanksgiving 2022 from the Ramirez Family This year we give thanks to the Lord for you and your support. We know that as we serve the Lord we don’t do it alone but we do it in partnership with you! Thank you for all of our faithful donations to support our work and for your prayers. We are so grateful…

Flores (Dominican Republic) Update – November 2022

Tinkey_Dominican-Republic_Nov2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. November 2022 Greetings in Christ, Advent greetings to you and yours – in our November newsletter you’ll read a reflection on the season of Advent and the season of waiting we find ourselves in on the mission field. We invite you to wait in HOPE with us this season. Read…

Conrad (Mexico) Update – November 2022

Conrad_Mexico_Nov2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file.   Dear Partners in Mission, Greetings in the name of the Lord. Dan is now finished his medical leave and we will be traveling to the Dominican Republic on November 30th and will receive missionary orientation for a period of two months. Attached please find our latest newsletter. Thank you…

Rickman (Panama) Update – November 2022

Rickman_Panama_Nov2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file.   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Here is our November newsletter.  We are so thankful for your partnership in the Gospel! Blessed Thanksgiving! In Christ <><, The Rickman Family

Gerald Paul (Cayman Islands) Update – November 2022

Gerald-Paul_Cayman-Islands_Nov2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Serving the Lord in the Cayman Islands News from Gerald and Heidi Paul What is the Reformation? New banners consecrated Continuing teaching online Peruvian dinner and slideshow Hurricane Lisa Want to serve in a short-term missionary team in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region? Consider this one: A missionary kid…

Neuendorf (Puerto Rico) Update – September and October 2022

Neuendorf_Puerto-Rico_Sept2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Neuendorf_Puerto-Rico_Oct2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. September ministry and Hurricane Fiona updates… Hurricane Fiona arrived very slowly which meant once she arrived to Puerto Rico, she stayed for a long time too. After a long day and night of rain and wind, we headed out and began…

Logston (Belize) Update – November 2022

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his…

News from the Dominican Republic

2022 | Quarter 4 Upcoming FOROs: March 3-5, 2023, Santiago, DR September 8-10, 2023 Contact LAC regional Volunteer Coordinator Erin Mackenzie with questions or for more information.  YOU CAN SUPPORT THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LUTHERAN MISSION Spotlight: Missions With four newly consecrated national deaconesses and the rest of the church planting team behind her, Deaconess Clarion Fritsche has big things in mind for Iglesia Luterana Pueblo…

Wildauer (Belize) Update – November 2022

Wildauer_Belize_Nov2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file.   Fellow Redeemed in Christ, Greetings to you this morning during the post-hurricane sunny day from Belmopan, Belize. I am writing to you to give a brief update and call you to pray for the relief efforts this next week as there is much to do and flooding may be…

Campbell Update (MissionField USA: Gary, Indiana) – October 2022

Campbell_Gary-IN_Oct2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Autumn has arrived, and so has your newsletter We have had some interesting events take place, and met some wonderful people where we have travelled. Now that COVID-19 is relatively normalized, we look forward to reconnecting with you, wherever you are. Copyright (C) 2022 Mission Field:USA/MissionGI. All rights reserved. Our…

St-Onge Update (Montreal) – October 2022

St-Onge_Montreal_Oct2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. In The Way with the St-Onges October 2022 Check out our Picture Gallery Only a few days left of Reconnect 2022. I should be home on Sunday night, October 30. Check out what Deb and I have been doing on the road this month and what’s been happening back in…

Putnam (Dominican Republic) Update – October 2022

Schumann Putnam Family Newsletter The Fruits of His Word  The Schumann Putnam Family Newsletter Fall 2022 Deaconess formation courses and graduations – After 4 years of study, 99 women graduated from the deaconess program offered by The Reformer Concordia Seminary of the Dominican Republic. Before their graduation ceremony, students participated in one last course called, “Diaconal Care” where we focus…

Flores (Tinkey) (Dominican Republic) Update – October 2022

Tinkey_Dominican-Republic_Oct2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. . October 2022 Hi there! I hope this email finds you and yours well. In our October Mission Update newsletter, you’ll read about : New missionaries for Latin America Some good visa news and some not so good visa news An update from Rafa’s surgery Continued opportunities to share the…

Burch (Belize) Update – October 2022

Burch_Belize_Oct2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Dear friends, If you are interested, the attached letter will tell of the adventure that Herb and I had getting to Honduras and back. Blessings! Markie Yahoo Mail Stationery

Gerald Paul (Cayman Islands) Update – October 2022

Gerald-Paul_Cayman-Islands_Oct2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Serving the Lord in the Cayman Islands News from Gerald and Heidi Paul Confirmed in her faith! And all the angels rejoiced! Gerald starts teaching at the seminary in the DR Hurricane Ian Want to serve in a short-term missionary team in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region? Currently…

Lehr (Puerto Rico) Update – September 2022

Lehr_Puerto-Rico_Sept2022_.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. News from LCMS Missionary Ashley Lehr and what God is doing in Puerto Rico.  God is our refuge and strength,     a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 A comprehensive update about what happened before, during, and immediately following  Hurricane Fiona. My full September Newsletter and Hurricane Fiona Update is…

Mackenzie (Dominican Republic) Update – September 2022

Mackenzie_Dominican-Republic_Sept2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. September/October 2022 News from Erin Mackenzie Serving the Lord in Latin America & the Caribbean These are my people.  In this issue: Anyone else’s mind immediately jump to Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?  I can’t talk about fauna and not flora!  A Misión milestone Prayer requests for those within and outside the household of fait. …

Conrad (Mexico) Update – September 2022

Conrad_Mexico_Sept2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Dear Partners in Mission,                Greetings in the name of the Lord. The Summer season is just about over and Autumn is almost upon us. We hope you enjoyed your Summer. Attached please find our latest newsletter. We thank you for your prayers and support. God’s richest blessings!       “Now…

Ramirez (Peru) Update – September 2022

Rameriz_Peru_Sept2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. September 2022 Newsletter from the Ramirez Family We’re finally back in Peru! Read our September newsletter to hear all about how the first few weeks back in Peru have gone and what we’ve been up to.              Don’t forget to look for us on facebook for…

Neuendorf (Puerto Rico) Update – August 2022

Neuendorf_Puerto-Rico_Aug2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. During one of our recent evening prayer services, I grabbed one of the bibles from the pew to read from because I had left my own in my office. When I opened it, a note written on the inside cover caught my eye, it had been written by one of our…

Lehr (Puerto Rico) Update – August 2022

Lehr_Puerto-Rico_Jul-Aug2022_.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. News from LCMS Missionary Ashley Lehr and what God is doing in Puerto Rico.  Late Summer greetings from your sister in Christ serving the Lord in Puerto Rico. Here is the latest update in the life of Missionary Ashley Lehr. In this Issue: End of Summer Vacation Bible School. Teaching my first…

Tape (Dominican Republic) Update – September 2022

SEPTEMBER NEWS FROM THE TAPE FAMILY John, Erica, and Sophie Serving the Lord in Latin America A Summer Full of Accounting and Property Management for John With the LCMS’s new fiscal year starting July 1, John spent much of the summer closing out the previous fiscal year and starting the new one. This included completing spending from last year’s budgets,…

St-Onge (Montreal, Canada) Update – August 2022

St-Onge_Quebec_Aug2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. LCMS Missions, thanks for your support!   In The Way with the St-Onges August 2022 Check out our Picture Gallery Summer, once again, went by far too quickly. Here is a quick update on what the Lord was doing in, through (and sometimes to) us. October 2022 is Network Reconnect…

Gerald Paul (Cayman Islands) Update – September 2022

Gerald-Paul_Cayman-Islands_Sept2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. Serving the Lord in the Cayman Islands News from Gerald and Heidi Paul 2022 Missionary Conference in the Dominican Republic Spanish hymnal is dedicated Sweet summer reunions We thank God for each one of you and for your prayerful support! If you or somebody you know will travel to Grand…

Lehman (Puerto Rico) Update – July & August 2022

Lehman_Puerto-Rico_Aug2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file. The Lehman Family Newsletter for July/August 2022 The Lord has continued to bless the mission here in Puerto Rico! We’re so happy to be home! Please click the attached to read our newsletter. It will fill you in on all that is going on with our family and with your…

Fritsche (Dominican Republic) Update – August 2022

Fritsche_Dominican-Republic_Aug2022.pdf Click icon to open, read, download or print file.     Check out what the Fritsches have been up to…   Greetings from missionaries Rev. Joel & Deaconess Clarion Fritsche and family in the Dominican Republic! You are receiving this because you either signed up or have supported us through LCMS or Mission Central.  Either way, thank you for following our…