Ladies in churches throughout the United States sew quilts of used materials which are shipped to poor countries to keep people warm, all in the name of Jesus. These and many other acts of love provide the opportunity to bring God s healing to the souls of sinners as the Gospel of Jesus Christ is preached. It is surprising to learn that more countries have opened up to our missionaries in the last ten years than in the first one hundred years of our Synod. Today our missionaries are being sent to places like Russia, Asia, Africa, even to countries like Kyrgyszstan, a country in central Asia near China that is predominately Muslim. In Guinea, West Africa, we began mission work only six years ago.
Today there are one hundred young congregations and preaching stations already.
In the Philippines, in the southern province of Mindanao, fourteen confessional Lutheran congregations recently formed a national church of our fellowship. Right now we have nearly 200 career missionaries serving around the world, and hundreds more volunteer and short-term missionaries. God is blessing this holy work because people are experiencing the healing power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. How you longed for relief, to be well again. Then came the day when you were better, free from pain and able to go out again.