I Smell Rain

WELS world missionaries recently attended a conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yesterday, I returned to Malawi from a week-long gathering of WELS missionaries that was held in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Almost every WELS missionary from all their scattered posts throughout the world had assembled there, about 50 men in all.  While we were there, the missionaries shared story after story about how the sweet and fragrant message of the gospel was pouring out like summer rains on this sin-parched, unbelieving world.  From the continued success of our missions in Africa to the exciting new possibilities in the Far East, God is keeping his promise to spread his saving gospel to the farthest corners of the Earth.  Even now, souls from every tribe and nation are being won for eternal life in heaven. Continue reading “I Smell Rain”

How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news

L-R: Unknown Sudanese Pastor, Peter Bur, Allen Sorum, Elias Mututwa, Mark Onunda

The place was the Sudanese Refugee Camp in Kakuma, Kenya.  The occasion was the arrival of special guests to the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Nuer people in the camp.  The temperature was 100.4 degrees.  The visitors had just traveled over 4 hours by taxi on a very bumpy and dusty potholed road.   When they arrived in the camp, the choirs burst into song. Continue reading “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news”

Body Building

The Roebkes together again in Madison, AL

I am exhausted. In five weeks, I covered 20,000 miles and made 62 presentations about our Africa missions to churches, schools and individual donors. I am also energized by what I have seen on this speaking tour. I have an even greater appreciation for the diversity within Christ’s Body.

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