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What are you eating today?  We had a great opportunity to eat some Liberian food last week: Rice with greens mostly, with the “heat” left out for our stateside taste buds.

Much more than that, we had the unique opportunity to meet some Liberians who craved the truth of Scripture.  They had heard much through the filters of Reformed and Pentecostal teachers.  As they recognized the falsehood there, they invited WELS’ representatives to bring the truth.  Matthew Cephas is a Liberian from Holy Trinity Congregation in New Hope, MN, where he is currently taking the course for pastoral ministry through our Pastoral Studies Institute.  The PSI program is headed by Prof. E. Allen Sorum at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.  Prof. Sorum worked through Pastor Dennis Klatt there at Holy Trinity to train Matthew for this unique opportunity for ministry. Continue reading “The Food of Your Eating”

I’m a nervous traveler. You only need ask my wife, Sue. She will roll with the punches of long lines, negotiating at the airline counter with overweight luggage and messed up children’s tickets or slow immigration/customs officials.  I’ll insist on being at the airport at three least hours ahead of time even if it means we end up spending two hours and fifty minutes of it sitting in the departure lounge twiddling our thumbs. You would think after 27 years of living overseas I would be more relaxed.  Sadly, experience has only left me worrying more about all the things I know potentially can go wrong in travel—particularly on the African continent side. Continue reading “Visit Rwanda”

Did you know that at the Lord’s Supper, Jesus gave his disciples “banana bread” and “beer”?

If someone in America said you were “soft in the head,” you’d think they were insulting you. However, in Central Africa they are giving you a compliment because of your ability to learn things quickly.

If you “shiver in your liver” you might think you need a blood transfusion. Among the Uduk people of the Sudan however, “to shiver in your liver” means “to worry.” Likewise, if “my stomach sits with you” it doesn’t mean that I need to hit the gym. That’s how the aboriginal people of Australia say, “I believe you.” Continue reading “Crossing the River Twice”