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LWML–Canada
Mission Grants 2009-2012
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Women Evangelists, Thailand
• In Thailand the cultural norm is for women to associate with and teach other women and children about the Saviour Jesus Christ. Two women in southern Thailand work under the supervision of the local missionary, visiting in the homes of other women. Aporn and Sukunya also travel to remote villages with the Gospel This financial support covers their transportation costs and provides a small monthly stipend for preparing the lessons they teach. |
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Interim Mission Opportunity Fund
• Many times unforeseen mission opportunities occur after mission grant proposals are made and selected. These opportunities, that may emerge at any time during the triennium, would be lost without financial assistance. On your behalf, LWML–Canada General Council prayerfully considers each request for funds that are presented or approved by synodical or district mission executives. Requests must meet the general guidelines of LWML–Canada mission grants and the policy for Mission Opportunity Fund grants. |
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Sewing School Support, Chinandega, Nicaragua
• This sewing school has now moved to the Mission Centre in Chinandega. Daily devotions occur before the sewing lessons begin. Since its inception in 2004 more than 100 students have graduated. The skills they have learned enable them to apply for a sewing position at a local factory or establish their own business. This school not only provides skills that allow the women to support their families but is also a channel for the Gospel to be proclaimed. |
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Mission Outreach, Costa Rica
• God continues to open doors for the proclamation of the Gospel. Missionary, Rev. Pedro Quintero, has started two mission congregations. God has also provided a new worker, Eduardo Retana, who is presently preparing to become a pastor of Iglesia Luterana Sinodo de Nicaragua (ILSN). Lutheran Church–Canada desires to continue assisting with outreach in Costa Rica. |
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Mission Bus, La Ronge, Saskatchewan
• LaRonge Lutheran Fellowship serves a community in which 74% of the people are aboriginal. There is no public transportation and many families have no car. The pastor conducts Bible studies twice monthly in a village 30 km away. The bus will allow them to attend worship. During the summer VBS average attendance is 50-75, mostly unchurched children. The bus will allow many of them to attend Sunday school during the winter. This bus will also be used to bring youth from a nearby reserve to youth group activities on Friday evenings and enable the youth to attend gatherings in Saskatoon and Regina. |
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Mission Supplies, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
• Building on the work of Rev. Roland Syens, Alexey Navrosky, a graduate of Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton, is serving as our missionary in Dnepropetrovsk. God has blessed his service and enabled a new Lutheran congregation to come into existence. In the village of Zaria, near Depro, Missionary Navrotsky conducts several Bible studies for students and adults. This grant will provide a fund for purchase and/or printing of Bibles, Bible study material, and other devotional materials to enhance his mission work. |
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Training
of Deaf Leaders (pastor & deaconess)
• The Deaf community remains relatively un-evangelized. There is a growing need to train Deaf leaders. Two lay leaders from Trinity (Deaf), Vancouver, are currently enrolled in the Deaf Institute of Theology (DIT) program at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, one to become a Lutheran pastor, the other a deaconess. This grant will assist them with the cost of their studies. |
$13,000
Paid to date: $3,000
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TOTAL
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$125,000
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