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Great news! If you haven’t sent a mission gift to LHF in the past 12 months, you qualify for an exciting dollarfor-dollar matching gift opportunity:
CAMBODIA During this difficult year, I have seen LHF books being especially helpful because people could have the opportunity to hear the Gospel by reading LHF books while they spent most of their time at home. A few examples: Panha Mit is 12 years old. He is studying in grade 6 at his local primary school. While the school was locked down for 10 months, he spent most of his time reading his favorite story in the Khmer A Child’s Garden of Bible Stories about the first Christmas (Luke 2), which tells how Jesus was born to save humans from their sins by His death on the cross. Panha said he loves Jesus very much and he could not imagine that Jesus - who is the Son of God! - being born in the manger. Siek Martha is 18 years old. She was born in a Christian family and is in grade 12. Last year, she got her own copy of A Child’s Garden through the distribution of pandemic distribution relief aid and says she’s been touched by the story of God’s Creation (Genesis 1), where she sees nature around her as a wonderful gift and amazing miracle from God alone.
■ Any gift up to $5,000 will be matched, dollar-fordollar, but only until Dec. 1 or until the limit of $160,000 has been reached. This means your $25 gift (providing 5 new Christians with a book about Jesus) will double to $50 (10 people with books)! ■ Gifts from churches and organizations (i.e., women’s groups, Bible studies, Sunday schools, etc.) are also eligible for the LHF Match if they haven’t given a gift in the past 12 months. Share this info with your congregation! ■ No extra paperwork is required; your gifts will automatically qualify for the match.
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cont. from page 1 antine, which we have experienced here. As we say in Ukraine, the books go as hot and tasty pies - almost immediately! In these very difficult times, LHF workers in the United States encouraged us and provided support so we were able to publish The People’s Bible: Deuteronomy, which proved to be very popular in the time of pandemic! We have no spare copies left; all the books are gone. Now we have many requests for Luther’s Small Catechism because, as the number of catechumens grow, so does the need for this textbook. Such books will help strengthen the faith of our members and visitors, and that makes us grateful to our loving Lord for LHF, that in a time of such great need, they come to help Lutheran churches in Ukraine with such great resources! – Rev. Dr. Slavik Horpynchuk
Bishop of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church and LHF translator
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EDITOR: Rev. Dr. Matthew Heise MANAGING EDITOR: Jennifer Bagnall GRAPHIC DESIGN: Jennifer Bagnall “The Word at Work” is the official publication of the Lutheran Heritage Foundation. Permission is hereby granted to excerpt from this publication for not-for-profit purposes. The Lutheran Heritage Foundation is a Recognized Service Organization of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. LHF translates, publishes, distributes and introduces confessional Lutheran materials throughout the world so that people can be brought to Christ. LHF is not subsidized by the LCMS or any other church body. It is entirely supported by individual donations and grants.
