AFLC Journey Missions

09/09/2026

Journey Missions Opportunities: Missionary Assistant Program 📍

If you have been on a short-term trip and are wanting to serve at a deeper capacity, we would love to have you apply to be a Missionary Assistant!

As a Missionary Assistant, you will be serving one of our AFLC Missionaries located around the globe. Each Missionary has different ministry opportunities so we will put you where you desire to serve and use your abilities.

If you have any questions or want to start the application to become a Missionary Assistant email us at [email protected]

09/08/2026

Journey Missions Opportunities: Ministry Trips✈

If you want to experience the mission field first-hand come with us on a Ministry Trip. Whether you have never been on a trip or want to return, we would love to have you join us for a short-term trip in 2027.

Planned Trips for 2027:
- Brazil January 27 - February 12, 2027
- Oaxaca, Mexico March 13-23, 2027 (FLBC)
- Puerto Rico, May 22-28, 2027
- Czech Republic, July 2027
- Oaxaca, Mexico, August 2027

Applications for the trips will be posted soon. We encourage you to pray about serving on one of these trips and keep your eyes out for more information! Additionally, if you/your church is interested but these trips don't work, reach out to our department and we would love to plan another trip.

If you want to know more about Ministry Trips, head to our website.

09/02/2026

"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’"

Matthew 25:35-40

09/01/2026

August Newsletter!

If you have not read our august newsletter, go and read it! Kyle Gorman writes that we need more congregations like the El Shaddai Free Lutheran church in Switzerland.

"Switzerland needs churches with this kind of substance. El Shaddai opposes the sinking Christian culture by immersing its members in a Bible-oriented community. Congregants have a religious safety net of brothers and sisters who are willing (and happy) to invest in one another’s needs: may they be physical, emotional, or spiritual. Such solidarity is attractive to Christians and unbelievers alike."

To read the whole article click below or head to our website.

https://conta.cc/3UsZAaw

Email from AFLC World Missions The Attractiveness of a Faithful Church in the Midst of a Lethargic Culture The Attractiveness of a Faithful Church in the Midst of Lethargic Culture By: Kyle Gorman, Mi

08/27/2026

International Mission Foundation School Students for 2026!

Our Students:
- Cassidi Feistner
- Elling Dyrud
- Gabe Ellithorpe
- Kale Kapphahn

This program is fully taught in English, with three months of classroom training in Brazil, at SETELL, and a final month abroad on a mission trip, where learning is lived out through real cross-cultural ministry. If you don't know what this school is head to their website to learn more: https://imf-school-kb7otmp.gamma.site

We are so excited to be beginning this program with Michelle Abel, who has done so much work preparing and planning for this school. Pray for these students as they begin classes shortly, adjust to a new culture, and serve the people around them.

08/25/2026

Our Missionary Assistant this fall!

Michelle Abel is still serving as a Missionary Assistant to Maringá, Brazil. She continues to assist her parents and their church, leading Bible studies, and teaching at english club. Additionally, Michelle is leading the new International Mission Foundation School located on SETELL campus. This is a four-month intensive Biblical and spiritual training. At this school, students will study Scripture deeply, discover their God-given gifts, and learn to apply them in building God’s Kingdom. Michelle has and is doing a lot of work and preparation for this school along with other ministry things.

Continue to pray for Michelle this fall. Pray that God will sustain her energy and excitement, that He will give her discernment and wisdom, and for those she will be teaching and training.

08/23/2026

Our IMFS Students are on their way to Brazil!

Keep these four in your prayers as they settle in and begin classes. Pray that God will use this time to grow them and give them attitudes to be learners these next four months.

08/18/2026

Nogales Team 2026!

What a blessing it was to serve at Triumph Free Lutheran in Nogales, Arizona. The team did various work projects like yard work, repairing the celling, and more. Additionally, they led a VBS and the theme was The Lord is My Shepherd.

Thank you for praying for us while we were there! We continue to pray for the church to grow and that the Lord would keep bringing more people into His flock.

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭

08/11/2026

Take a trip to the Nations!!

We are getting ready for our 2027 trips so reach out to us if you want to join us on a trip or if you want your church to go on a trip together. Our 2027 trip list is coming soon!

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭19‬-‭20‬

07/30/2026

July Newsletter📰

In this newsletter, hear from Magdelena Grotberg who recently went on the Journey Missions trip to Brazil. She shares about her experience and how it encouraged her to begin cultivating a life of hospitality.

Click the link below to read the whole newsletter.

Email from AFLC World Missions Cultivating a Life of Hospitality Cultivating a Life of Hospitality By: Magdalena Grotberg, recent trip member in Brazil Hospitality can seem like such a simple thing. W