The Master of Theological Studies program in Latino/a ministries of Palmer Seminary recently returned to the place where everything began.  In March, we welcomed a new group to the MTS …

Pray for Sri Lanka
Benjamin Chan
April 2, 2022

After two long years of anxiety, loneliness, and loss, we are beginning to hear expressions of hope, joy, and relief from global partners and friends. As we emerge into a post-pandemic reality it’s safe to say that we have all been shaken out of our comfortable pre-pandemic routines! The world is no longer the same. Our sisters and brothers in Christ see God at work through new opportunities for transformed and transforming ministries. For example, the ministries we highlighted in our last update are no longer just opportunities: a new reality is taking shape!

Edge States   “I’m so tired.” This is a phrase we’re hearing repeated over and over as we talk to family, friends, and colleagues in ministry. Continuing to manage the …

I find that learning a new language is not easy.  It’s very humbling, but frustrating too.  However, the frustrating part only takes a few seconds when the person I’m talking to is very kind, patient, and loving and tries to understand what I’m trying to convey, and the conversation ends up with laughter when the word I chose to use in my sentence was totally wrong to what I meant to say.  God is good and brings joy in my day!  At the end of the day, I am so grateful for God’s faithfulness.

Last year has flown by for us and it was dominated by Yurees’ pregnancy and the birth of our first child.  Harper Tanapoe Lembke, who was born August 23rd at …