WELS Blogs

• Raising Kids in a Foreign Country
  Lisa Martin serves in Malawi, Africa, with her husband, Missionary Peter Martin. Lisa writes about the challenges of raising Christian children in a foreign culture. I was asked to write about raising kids in a foreign country, but I wondered how that could be interesting or different. I mean really, couldn’t I just title the [...]
• Blessings in Brazil
  This spring, my husband Missionary Nathan Wagenknecht and I completed a LATTE (Latin America Traveling Theological Educators) / Friendly Counselor visit to Brazil.The WagenknechtsDuring our two month stay, we spent time with congregations in Gravata – Rio Grande do Sul, Presidente Prudente – So Paulo, and Dourados – Mato Grosso do Sul. Missionary Wagenknecht taught [...]
• Community Soccer Outreach
  While the world’s eyes were on the global battles happening on the soccer fields of South Africa in the World Cup last month, Thai people followed the games right along with them (although a little sleepy from watching them broadcast live between 12-3 AM). Soccer, or as it’s more commonly known in this part of [...]