Partners Apart (for now)

Thanks for being partners with us, the Nelson clan, as we follow God’s leading from the sunny shores of California’s Central Coast to Southeast Asia!

Sunday in Seoul

Our last day in Seoul. Worship in the morning, and then for me, the long stretch from lunch to midnight and my red-eye flight back to Kuala Lumpur. Worship at International Lutheran Church was a great experience. The community is warm and welcoming. I was asked to preach and lead the Bible study before worship,…

Planning – Day 2

A second day of planning. The main difference being that overnight it snowed! Not a lot of snow, and most of it melted away by mid-morning, but it was still beautiful and impressive. Our meeting concluded well. After thorough discussion on every area of the region, the next step will be to assemble a budget…

Planning – Day 1

Asia Leadership consists of an executive and more general level. The executive level positions – Regional Director and Regional Business Manager – are currently vacant after some changes last year. In their stead we had Rev. Dr. Brian Gauthier joining us. Normally he manages all four of Office of International Mission Regional Directors, but he’s…

Planning in Seoul

To kick off the new year, Asia leadership gathers in Seoul, South Korea to plan for two days. This is my first time to South Korea. Or Seoul. And though it took the entire day to get here from Medan and arriving close to midnight I couldn’t see very much on the hour-long taxi ride…

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