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Danny and Mandy have been approved for call as missionaries of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren to serve in Chad, Africa.
My earliest recollection of Danny is in the late 90’s when he worked with the Youth Ministries of the CLB in their office and on training staff for Servant Teams that served in North America congregations. Later he and the Youth Ministry staff were a part of a church plant in Arizona. Here was a young man who wanted to serve the Lord and the Church and quietly worked and learned as he served others.
 My earliest recollection of Mandy is about ten years later when she and Danny moved to Fergus Falls to attend seminary at LBS. Mandy was an occupational therapist and in that role in our community I heard and saw first-hand of her caring heart that went beyond her “job.” It impacted my wife and me because she ministered to my mother-in-law. We came to know that Mandy had served in short-term missions before she and Danny married and she became an important part of the mission committee that was leading our congregation toward the adoption of a people group.
As they came to seminary, they expressed to me and others their desire to serve the Lord in cross-cultural ministry. They believed that God was calling them to full-time vocational service in an overseas cross-cultural setting. As we have followed their ministry and have heard their testimony, we as a Church have confirmed their personal call to serve as missionaries on behalf of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of North America.
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A Significant Way to Support LBIM |
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ATTENTION! FARMERS AND RANCHERS
 The goal of STEER’s ministry is to assist carefully selected existing mission organizations with the fund raising necessary to bring about world evangelization. This non-profit organization works to bring together the contributions of donors (UNITS), which will multiply through the careful and prayerful care of farmers/ranchers who also desire to be actively involved in missions.
The cow/calf program is the heart beat of the STEER program and currently around 84% of all the ranchers that are involved in the STEER ministry have cow/calf projects. STEER will provide the amount of UNIT money needed to purchase the livestock of your choice. Your contribution will be your feed and care.
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Zachary and Alissa were approved for missionary call to an unreached people group in Chad at the October 2012 meeting of the Council of Directors.
As Zachary and Alissa have been processing the opportunity to come on staff with LBIM, they have encountered a major setback. Zachary has been diagnosed with a heart condition which could adversely be affected by long-term living in Chad. Even though he has undergone different tests, his cardiologist has been unable to specifically locate the problem area in his heart. Without knowing the specific cause, no treatment is able to be prescribed. With the preliminary diagnosis, there is a procedure Zachary could undertake to fix the condition, but again, this cannot be done until a more specific diagnosis is made. The heart procedure has anywhere from a 50-90% success rate, depending on the area of the heart being targeted. Medically speaking, this condition will stay with Zachary the rest of his life if a procedure is unable to correct it, and the condition would likely be progressive as he ages.
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 Praise God for the individuals and congregations that gave so generously to Famine Relief during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. As a result, approximately $73,000 has been passed on to the relief and development arm of our sister Lutheran Brethren Church in Chad. These funds have purchased thousands of sacks of grain that will be delivered to those in most desperate need of food.
We believe that you who are a part of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren in North America will be blessed because you are blessing those in need in Chad. Thank you for your generous response to this critical need. |
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Beginning in 1902 with missionaries to China, Lutheran Brethren International Mission has sent hundreds of missionaries to countries in Asia and Africa. The primary focus is taking the Good News of Jesus Christ to unreached people groups who have no indigenous church through which the gospel can be spread. We currently have missionaries in Chad, Japan, and Taiwan working among unreached people groups. LBIM is the international mission sphere of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren in North America.
