Supporting Cambodian school is a blessing to our church

Emmanuel Christian School students in Broyouk, Cambodia, are being educated with the support of parishioners at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lansing

Sunday, March 6, 2011
Nothwest Indiana Times

Sometimes life as a pastor seems to be more joyful than others. There are some hills and valleys in the life of the parish pastor. I happen to be on one of those joyful highs right now. It isn’t because life is especially easy right now. It’s not. It is because of what I have just experienced in the mission field.

Trinity Lutheran Church, the church I serve, has a wonderful relationship going on right now with a little Christian school in a tiny village called Broyouk in rural Cambodia. It was a special privilege for my wife, Carrie, and me to visit it recently.

Let me explain how this worked out. One of the sons of our congregation is Rudy Schaser. I call him a “son” of our congregation because Rudy grew up here. Not only did he grow up here, but he also went on to become a missionary in the Philippines and a long-serving pastor in the Lutheran church.

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