Servant Leaders

Please pray for Allan and Sandy Schmidt as they help organize support for The Asia Lutheran Education Association (ALEA), help plan the association meetings, recruit teachers for schools in Asia, develop teaching and training approaches to integrating the faith into the daily school context, and inspire people to become engaged in this significant Gospel sharing strategy. Allan previously served with LCMS World Mission as the school developer and first principal of the Shang Hai International School from 1997 to 2002. ALEA aims to expand the Ablaze! mission movement by bringing together all the Lutheran schools and their supporting partner churches in Asia. The goal is increasing the evangelism effectiveness of sharing the Gospel with the tens of thousands of students and their families and witnessing to their communities in their home countries. Further, through conferences and collegial cooperation, these Lutheran schools help each other to excel as educational institutions and mission outposts.