The Hmong new year was celebrated by 11 MLC students on Sunday, November 20. They joined the members of Immanuel Hmong Ev. Lutheran Church in St Paul, MN, for a special new year worship service and celebration. Congregation members and an MLC student wore traditional Hmong new year clothing. Students also experienced Hmong culture and cuisine while enjoying fellowship.
From handmade ornaments to jewelry, scarves to purses, and Bible covers to nativity sets, you’ll enjoy seeing the handiwork of Thai artisans. Items may be purchased during open display hours or ordered for later delivery.
Take 2 minutes now and click on www.thaivillage.org to read more about how Thai Village grew out of WELS mission efforts and today is a self-supporting Christian ministry in Thailand. Click here to watch videos about the program.
The display will be open in the LSC Special Events Room on:
Arianna Sanchez
(WISCO / St. Peter-Milwaukee WI)
My favorite thing would have to be Monday night Compline. It’s such a great time to reflect on the Word of God.
Jonah Backus
(New London HS / Emmanuel-New London WI)
MLC is an amazing environment for learning and being encouraged in the faith, all the while filling my stomach on anything a college student could want.
Urvin Lewis
(LPS / St. John-St. John’s, Antigua)
It’s been great to meet new friends and be reunited with old ones!
Julia Schibbelhut
(Luther / St. Paul-Onalaska WI)
I’ve already fallen in love with MLC. It’s been such a blessing to meet so many amazing Christian friends and professors here!
Isaiah Had Foretold It is MLC’s new devotion book, this one containing 25 spiritual encouragements, one for each day of December until Christmas. You may enjoy this book in hard copy, download it onto your device, or simply read it online.
It will be available for ordering or for online viewing after November 20 at mlc-wels.edu/publications/seasonal-devotions.
Professor Paul Bases took 37 participants on this summer’s Spanish immersion experience to Argentina.
The annual five-week, six-credit immersion course includes homestay programs, seven hours of daily language instruction, guided excursions, tango classes, and a weekend gaucho ranch excursion.
Most notably, students are required to take a Spanish-only pledge, speaking nothing but Spanish for the entire five weeks. Since 1995, “Profe” Bases has taken 470 participants on immersion trips to Spanish-speaking South American countries.
Any MLC student may sign up for these courses, no matter what their level of fluency. Students from Bethany Lutheran College (Mankato MN) and Wisconsin Lutheran College (Milwaukee) also sign up for the courses, as do current teachers and pastors.
This year, for instance, Pastor Phil Hunter MLC ’11, WLS ’15 and his wife, Andrea (Steinbrenner) Hunter ’10, participated. Pastor Hunter led worship services—in Spanish, of course. “It’s open to any and all who wish to study Spanish in an intensive high-quality program,” Bases says. “It’s a great way for both current students and called workers to work on their language proficiency skills.”
For those who want additional experiences after their first immersion course, Professor Bases also offers satellite immersion programs in Guatemala, Ecuador, and Chile.
Of the 550 education majors on the MLC campus, 27 are Spanish majors. Another seven students carry a Spanish minor. And preseminary students see the value of the language as well, with 30% (52 out of 172) taking Spanish courses to fulfill their nonbiblical language requirement.
Learning a foreign language is not merely an avenue to greater cultural awareness. It also opens doors for the gospel. With about 400 million native speakers, Spanish is the second-most widely spoken language in the world, making mastery of this Romance language a ministry training asset.
One Spanish course— Communicating Christ—is focused exclusively on sharing the gospel. (The most widely spoken language in the world, with almost a billion native speakers, is Mandarin Chinese, which is also offered at MLC.)
“Those students who graduate from MLC with Spanish language proficiency are well-prepared to share the gospel with millions of souls, both here in the States and abroad,” Bases says. “What a blessing to share the love of Jesus with people in their own language.”
