…“that every knee should bow and every tongue confess that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD….”

Quarterly PublicationNovember 2019

A mission society supporting the world

mission of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

www.jilmission.org

Borchers at Our Savior Lutheran in Austin, where I preached and made a Bible Class presentation.

This gift is our way of showing personal gratitude and thanks to God for faithful support of JILM. If your congregation would like to have a JILM volunteer make a presentation about our mission, please contact us.

Jesus Is Lord Mission is all about sharing the Good News so people world-wide can learn that Jesus is their Savior for their eternal salvation. The challenges are many. With your faithful prayers, generous gifts, personal involvement and encouragement, great things are happening for the mission outreach of LCMS.

In this season of Thanksgiving, we have much to be thankful for personally, in our family, community, nation, church and especially JILM. May God bless each of you and JILM.

Your fellow servant in Christ,Wilbern Michalk, JILM President 512-971-4857

Above, Rev. Eric Borchers (left) receives a JILM keepsake from President Michalk, who is clothed in a garment that was a gift to him from the CLET seminary in Togo. At left, Ross Stroh displays the memento he received from JILM. All of the mementoes that have been presented were hand-crafted by President Michalk.

Dear friends of JILM,

You are indeed friends, supporters, prayer partners, missionaries and ambassadors of Christ,with us, through JILM.

The letters “JILM” have become familiar to us over the past 17 years of our existence. During the past few months, a memento that displays the letters in an attractive way has been given to the founding members of JILM, to several congregations, and other partners of our organization. Mr. Ross Stroh, executive director of accounting for LCMS and a JILM member, displays one in the Office of International Mission in St. Louis.

Rev. Micah Wildauer, missionary from Africa, received one of these mementoes when he visited last spring. In September, one was presented to Rev. Eric

A Thanksgiving

Message from the

President

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In July the children from the six Project 24 sites gathered for the bi-annual Catechetical Club competition at the Rongo site. All 190 children competed in drama, songs, and recitations. Their knowledge of the Bible and Small Catechism was shown by their dramas of Jesus healing the blind man, reciting the Ten Commandments and their meanings from the Small Catechism, as well as their fun cultural songs. Some time was spent by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya pastors teaching lessons to the children. This year, the lessons included the history of the Reformation and the Sabbath Day.

Photo at left: Children from the Nyambiri site. Nyambiri is the newest of the six Project 24 sites.

The map at right shows the location of all six Project 24 boarding

homes in Kenya.

Udom (50 students)

Tumaini (40 students)

Othoro (25 students)

Nyambiri (25 students)

Rongo (25 students)

Lenkinshon (25 students)

140 of the 190 students are sponsored to date. JILM sponsors 13 students.

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Above: An exciting excursion to the Rongo site on competition day.

Below: Safe arrival at Rongo.

Above: An example of the dormitory accommodations for the children at the Project 24 sites.

Left: Children and teachers from the Udom site.

Bettie Horn BendewaldGene Buchhorn (birthday)Allan and Eunice Hendrickson (50th wedding anniversary)Bill Johnson (90th birthday)William Kappler (75th birthday)Gordon Kloehn (honoring granddaughter’s 16th

birthday)Irvin and Sherrin Leschber (birthdays)Wilbern and Betty Michalk (birthdays)Glenn OShoneyMichael PetersMichael and Betty Peters (anniversary)Wayne and Dannis Roznovak (50th wedding anniversary)Will SohnsAlber Walther (birthday)Rodney and Silvia Winkler (50th wedding anniversary)

Thrivent Choice contributed a total of $399 to JILM on behalf of these members from

July - September 2019

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Contact JILM:PO Box 11

Walburg, TX 78673jilmission@gmail.com

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email: jilmission@gmail.com

Thrivent Choice Contributors

Ruben A. BauerRhonda Knippa BlantonBill DavidsonEdith Drawe Harold DuBoseEunice DunkHerman FrankeEvelyn FroschRobert GreeneElvin Harms Happy Kappler

Helen KarcherMonroe KarcherEric KirklandL. KutroffRoger NeebLeonard RistowDolores Horn RossAl ScholzToshio SojiLewis Vidmar

Edward and Arlene GreenthanerNancy L. HortonSusan Sliva

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$111.47

Total Amazon Smile dollars paid to all non-profits to date:

$145 million

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Thanks for your support!

Gifts in Memory

Gifts in Honor

Austin, TX, Our Savior Lutheran ChurchColumbus, GA, LWML, Lutheran Church of the RedeemerForest Hill, MD, LWML Advent Lutheran ChurchGatesville, TX, LWML, St. Paul Lutheran ChurchGeorgetown, TX, Helping Hands, Faith Lutheran ChurchKilleen, TX, Grace Lutheran ChurchRound Rock, TX, King of Kings Lutheran ChurchWalburg, TX, Zion Lutheran Church

Congregation and Organization Donors

Mike and Joyce BestJohn BoboEdmund P. Frank

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Raymond and Viola HobratschAl and Priscilla HolzJimmie and Nancy HortonMarvin and Barbara HugginsRichard and Eileen IzzardWilliam and Emily JohnsonVic and Emilie KilianGordon KloehnJanet KnippaCarol KreylingJ. W. and Cindy KruegerJoyce KuhlAndrea LaackJohn and Karen LeichtBenny and Peggy LemanskiAl LoehmannRoy and Ann MaackDeborah MadiganDelbert and Anna MeyerWeldon and Jean MersiovskyWilbern and Betty MichalkElmo and Frances MiertschinShirley MillerJoe and Patricia MockJoann MoerbeOrval and Clara MuellerDalton and Deanne NoackGlenn and Sandra OShoney

Roy and Sharon AlbeCharlotte AlbersRobert and Joanne AllenErhart and Anita BauerWilliam and Gail BeckmannDavid and Joy BelasicDewyth and Esther BeltzMike and Joyce BestCharles BirnerAlvin BoehlkeJohn and Mary Ann BrownMurray and Katherine BrownLeon and Carol BuckAl and Dru BuuckPatrick and Connie CumingBetty DuekerDuane and Monica EhrhardtMildred FinkPaul and Jolene FischerSara FrankCarol and Carolyn FuchsDaniel and Jan GenschLinda GrantAnna HarmsWalt and Ellen HarmsAlleeen HeerbothShirley HenningJames and Gratia Hinman

Karl and Margaret PetzkeRichard and Cynthia PieplowBernie and Evelyn RaabeThomas RaabeBenjamin and Lois RathgeberMarilyn RehleyOtto and Rosalie ReinbacherJarold RuxDennis and Sandra SchmidtJohn and Eleanor ScholzStephen ScholzDell and Judy SchomburgAlbert and Janet SchuddeJohn and Noreta SchuelkeKarol SelleAl and Ruth SenskeThomas and Carolyn SoltisBernie and Doris SymmCharlotte StautzenbergerSally TeinertFred and Chris TscheulinHoward and Mary VoelkerRichard and Madge WagnerAlber and Adeline WaltherRobert and Thea WeberMarjorie WeertsRoyce and Bernice WinklerRichard and Constance Ziehr

Individual Donors July - September 2019

Update from CLET - Togo

During the summer Rev. Ryan McDermott and his family were called to return to the United States for service there. Their departure leaves a void in the CLET family. Please pray for the McDermotts and all the faculty and students at CLET.

At the end of June, thirteen students (in photo below) completed their work at CLET and returned to their home countries and churches. Eleven of them are cleared to begin vicarages. Two of them will most likely serve in other auxiliary offices in the church. It has been encouraging to see on social media that several of these students have already received gifts and support from their families and local communities so that they can dedicate their time to service and evangelism in their vicarages.

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JILM continues to support the ten vicars who serve in Sri Lanka. Many of the vicars minister to people who work on the numerous tea plantations. Approximately 200,000 people are so employed, usually earning very low wages (less than $10 per day). Their standard of living is significantly lower than that of people living in urban areas. Because of low wages, many of the younger people leave the tea plantations to work in the cities. The vicars assist people with many of the problems of daily life in addition to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The vicars are mentored by two missionary families who have recently been joined by a vicar and his family. The missionaries are valuable teachers and supporters in the difficult task of sharing the Gospel in Sri Lanka.

Rev. Steven Mahlburg and his wife, Martha, have served in Sri Lanka for two years. They recently returned to their home in Colombo after a trip to the US to visit family and friends. Rev. Mahlburg serves the Ceylon Evangelical

Lutheran Church (CELC) in Sri Lanka, an organization that is reorganizing in order to better reach the Sri Lankan people. In addition to serving Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Colombo by conducting English services, he provides administrative support, Christian education, and mentoring for the pastors, evangelists (vicars) and lay people of the CELC. He travels to many of the congregations in Sri Lanka to encourage a bold witness to Jesus Christ.

Rev. Dr. Edward Naumann and his wife, Monica, have served as missionaries since 2015. In his role as a theological

educator, Rev. Naumann works with local church leaders in Sri Lanka to train new pastors, to provide opportunities for ongoing theological education, and to produce Christian educational publications. Through the relationships formed, he and his wife share the Gospel with the people in the communities in which they serve.

Sri Lanka Vicars

JILM Administrative Staff

Newsletter Editorial StaffJoyce Best Dalton NoackJohn Brown Glenn OShoney

Ambassador at Large Dalton Noack

Office Managers John and Mary Ann Brown

Website ManagerLarry Noack

Gift Processing Team Sona Holmstrom, Betty Liese

Steering CommitteeRev. Wilbern Michalk, PresidentJoyce Best, Secretary and Newsletter EditorAlber Walther, TreasurerBettie Bendewald, Member at Large Barbara Bielss, Member at LargeMary Ann Brown, Member at Large

Financial ReportJuly 1 - September 30, 2019

Gifts on hand 7/1/2019 $ 9,199.56 Gifts and interest received 7/1/2019-9/30/2019 23,895.63 Project support Africa - Togo/CLET $ 47,000 Africa - Christ’s Care for Children: Kenya $ 28,000 Asia - India Church Planters/Vicars $ 31,000 Asia - Sri Lanka Vicars $ 20,000 Romania - Alliance Missionary to Romania and Italy $12,000 Russia - Alliance Missionary for Russian-speaking Theological Education $12,000 Operating expenses 1,664.44

Gifts on hand 9/30/2019 $31,430.75

Total contributed through September30, 2019: $3,040,563.30

Soli Deo Gloria

Vicar Benjamin Vanderhyde and his wife, Grace, arrived in Sri Lanka in May, 2019. They write: “On Sunday, May 19, Benjamin’s supervisor, Pastor Mahlburg, officially installed him as a vicar. This was our first Sunday in Sri Lanka and we had the pleasure of meeting the brothers and sisters at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Colombo. The Tamil congregation welcomed us with flower garlands. Emmanuel’s own Pastor Devanesan took part in the installation.” Benjamin trains musicians to serve the CELC while assisting the other LCMS missionaries there with their work and learning from them. He is currently pursuing his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

Photo captions for page 6:

Upper left, Benjamin and Grace Vanderhyde, their two children, and Sri Lankan friends. Center: Edward and Monica Naumann and their five children. Lower right: Steven Mahlburg (far left) visits with the vicars. Benjamin Vanderhyde is at far right.

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Rev. Sorin Trifa is pastor of the first Lutheran congregation in Romania in the Romanian language. Rev. Trifa’s work has the potential of spilling into Italy, where there are four million Romanians and a desire for confessional Lutheran preaching and teaching in Romanian, Italian (similar language), and English. In addition to the newly-founded Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania, there is a Lutheran church plan in Padua, Italy, and exploration work to establish a Lutheran church plant in Rome.

Romania Project:Alliance Missionary

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Pastor Trifa accepting new members into his congregation.

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JILM ProjectsJuly 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020

Africa–Togo/CLET $47,000Africa–Kenya: Christ’s Care for Children $28,000Asia–India Church Planters/Vicars $31,000Asia–Sri-Lanka: Vicar and Pastor Stipends $20,000Romania-Alliance Missionary to Romania and Italy $12,000 Russia–Alliance Missionary for Russian- speaking Theological Education $12,000 Total: $150,000

2019-2020 Jesus is Lord Mission Project Goal: $150,000

Photo below:

Children at the Project 24

Catechetical Club Competition held

during the summer dramatized the New Testament story of Jesus healing the

blind man.