IMMIGRANTS IN GERMANY: “So I would like to share this place with you: the stockroom, from where LHF books ship throughout Europe. Perhaps you may know that as people are sitting in their homes and they cannot come out any more, these books are becoming more and more important at this moment in time. “I think especially in these days as the Persian (Iranian) people are celebrating their New Year (Mar. 21) – and perhaps they are very sad as they are celebrating this New Year in their little rooms – to say to them and all people in the world, “The marks of Christ are on you.” So let no one have troubles. Christ is the same, in this church, in LHF, and all over the world where people are proclaiming the Gospel. May this work bear many fruits.” – Rev. Hugo Gevers, SELK missionary to Iranian immigrants in Leipzig, Germany
RUSSIA:
THAILAND:
“In Russia, gatherings of more than five people are forbidden, and that means regular worship services, Bible studies, catechism classes, and so forth have been curtailed, and studies at our seminary have been suspended until the fall semester. Therefore, we have shifted all lessons for the remainder of this term to distance learning on-line formats. “This, of course, has made the LHF materials we have especially important! For the course I am teaching called ‘Personal Spiritual Life,’ students have always needed access to the Book of Concord, Luther’s Freedom of a Christian and The Theology of the Cross. In a regular classroom setting, the students would read and then we would discuss and analyze in our class meetings, now in a distance setting, they will have to read those books much more closely. “Russians still read quite a bit, and being quarantined gives people more time to fill. I know of one person in particular, named Yuri, who has been wanting more time to read LHF books and now is using that time to do so. He just finished The Foolishness of God and is now reading Kolb’s On Christian Faith.” – Rev. Leif Camp, missionary and Dean of Students Theological Institute of the Church of Ingria (Russia)
GHANA:
“Every church has grouped its members into smaller units who meet in homes every Sunday for brief worship (confession and absolution, readings, short sermon and prayers). “Daily, we read ‘Jesus Never Fails.’ Covid-19 has plagued the whole world, and so where is our hope? JESUS NEVER FAILS.” – Rev. Dr. Nicholas Salifu, pastor 2
“People are staying home and social distancing; we do not travel to distribute LHF‘s books right now. We will follow our plan for this in 2 months. “But some of Lutheran churches have a study class online. I teach them every week from Luther‘s Small Catechism. Each of them has their own book to study with me, and I record the message for them. In this way, they still hear God’s Word to them.” – Rev. Niran Temsakun, LHF translator
South Sudan
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