LCCC Missions 

At Lawndale Christian Community Church (LCCC), we believe in living out the Great Commission—locally and globally. The LCCC Missions page highlights the stories of individuals and families connected to our church who have answered the call to serve on missions trips around the world.
Whether they are long-time members or visiting missionaries sharing their journey, this page exists to celebrate their work, share their experiences, and show who LCCC is supporting in the mission field. Through their stories, we hope to inspire and encourage others to pray, give, and go—spreading the love of Christ to every nation.

The Mark of Grace in East Asia 

[The ruler from Bethlehem] will stand and shepherd his flock...and they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach the ends of the earth.
And he will be their peace.
Micah 5:4-5 

GOOD NEWS: PEACE (AS NOT SEEN ON TV)

Since September, as part of a larger women's Bible study of Acts, I’ve been leading a dozen ladies around a table. We are a diverse group, coming from 8 different countries, with 2 seekers and 2 others who have dealt with broken marriages, and of course we all have various struggles. In the midst of this life’s trials, however, I was encouraged last week in our study by Acts 11:35–38, which talks about the good news of peace through Jesus, who welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right. These themes fit right in at Christmas, from the Prince of Peace giving light to those living in the shadow of death (Isaiah 9:1–7), to the angels’ blessing of peace in announcing Jesus’ birth (Lk 2:14), to Simeon’s praise upon seeing baby Jesus, God’s salvation, for Gentiles and Jews alike (Lk 2:28–32). While we may be tempted to seek peace in earthly things, may we more and more put our complete trust and hope in Jesus, bringing His good news of peace to all, from every nation, with glory to God in the highest! 

BHUTANESE BEGINNINGS

As the world’s most mountainous country, and also having huge spiritual mountains of Buddhism and Hinduism, Bhutan is one of the most isolated and unreached nations, with only about 0.25% Christian adherents. Churches are not legally recognized, and local leaders may refuse to give Christians the necessary paperwork to apply for jobs or loans, register property, or renew ID cards. These are just some of the many ways in which believers face discrimination.
Bhutan is a new field for OMF; we currently have no workers there. For the past year, I have been helping two units (a family of five and a single lady) prepare to go to Bhutan. JJ went on a vision trip in the fall and returned energized to start the work. Some others have scouted the location and found a strategic way to live in Bhutan using a medical platform.
There are a lot of logistics to be initiated with a new field location, such as language learning, visa applications, and government dealings. Praise the Lord that we have a field leader who plans to start her language training early next year in Nepal (since there are no places to study language in Bhutan)!  
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Serge Grace at the Fray

[Drs. Scott & Jennifer Myhre
Nyahuka Town Council, Bundibugyo, Uganda  

Displaced teen girl grips donkey's scruff
Dressed in sun-robe glow, her feet rest on moon
Disgraced. Does scarf hide pregnant belly enough
Diadem of stars adorns her face, waiting galaxies swoon
To knock and wrangle shelter from the hostile night?
And watching angels gasp as dragon gapes.. to bite?
The multiverse hinges
On a labor pain
Evil cringes
As earth and heaven, no longer twain...
Birth hope.
The quanta join.. in cry, in dust, in blood, in straw,
In hosts on high chorusing trust, in flood of awe
That the star-shattering dragon is for all time deposed
By amniotic wondrous mess, the chasm closed.

Dear Praying Friends-
Joseph's dreams and Mary's encounter with the intruding angel sparked their journey into the unknown of an imposed census, a distant
trek to an unfamiliar town, unhoused on arrival, at the mercy of biology and politics. Those visions, tiny corners of the veil peeled back
for a few minutes back in Nazareth, must have been at best foggy memories by the time the couple found themselves delivering a
newborn in a cave sheltering farm animals. The birth story in Luke 2 unfolds in obscure struggle, while that in Revelations 12 paints a
heavenly battle. Different pictures of the times. . . just as the lived experience in Palestinian areas in 2024 contrasts with the Christmas
tree setting in most of our homes.
And yet. . . . Both are true.

Our steps wandering and slow take us right through the gritty hardships of life in a marred and broken world. 2024 on the surface has
been rough. And yet. . . this Christmas story reminds us that more is at stake then what we can see and touch.
No matter how bleak the tangible present seems, there is a bigger story unfolding.
This year we said goodbye to almost our entire Bundibugyo team. We and faithful Ann Kieser remain, holding up the fundraising, conflict
negotiations, and community bridging jobs of Christ School, BundiNutrition, and BundiWater gravity scheme project. Keeping World
Harvest Mission Uganda's base for Bible translation, church strengthening, women's business for transformation, etc. as the sole
representatives on the ground most of the year. We spent days, weeks, months in our own painful labor of unprecedented complications
with Uganda's banking systems, government taxation changes, new paperwork registration requirements. And it's not over. While also
juggling our Area's woes, and contributing to the bigger struggle of Serge in the world. It all felt a lot closer to donkey scruff and stable
dust than to crowns of stars.
Our daughter-in-law let us read one of her graduate theology papers yesterday, and she said perseverance is resistance. By God's
mercy, we are grateful that your prayers and kindness have enabled us to stay on this Bethlehem road. "I Cheerfully Refuse" (the title of
one of my favorite books this year) to despair or compromise with the dragon. . instead we enter December believing that the cosmic
hidden story of love is actively overcoming death. Cheerfully even, refusing to give up on peace on earth, goodwill to men.
With love,
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