Missionary Blog Watch » Austria http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com Missionary Blog Watch keeps an eye on Christian missionary blogs to introduce you to interesting posts, new bloggers and developments on Missionary-Blogs.com. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:17:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Countries less mentioned – Part 2 http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/countries-less-mentioned-part-2 http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/countries-less-mentioned-part-2#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:02:03 +0000 Jim http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/?p=847 Welcome to the second part of our focus on countries that aren’t mentioned here so much, for whatever reason.  The first part was here.  Here are some posts from those countries around the globe.  Remember, these are only introductions – be sure to poke around these blogs to learn more:
  • Uruguay:  "When I picture an Uruguayo (a Uruguayan person) in my mind it is an image of someone with a thermos of hot water under their arm and MATE in their hand walking down the street…"  Read MATE, Uruguayo-style!
  • Swaziland:  "We have found the children’s HIV infection rate to be about 6% of those we have had tested.  That is tremendous news as we expected the infection rate to much higher.  For those 6%, CHIPS is the difference between life and death…"  Read May Update!
  • Italy:  "A couple nights ago the class representative for our oldest’s class organized an end-of-the-year dinner.  It was your typical Italian feast with all of the courses (appetizer, two pastas, grilled meats, salad, dessert, and coffee)…"  Read Being the Outsider
  • Greece:  ""A" is from Iran.   His wife and two teenage kids are still in Iran, waiting for money from "A" so that they can leave the country.  Because of a health problem that developed while sleeping on the streets, however, "A" has not been able to work for several months…"  Read A’s Testimony
  • Austria:  "This past weekend was very eventful.  It started with my wife taking Tobi to Prague for a wedding that was to be on Saturday…"  Read Separate weekend . . . Betka in Prague with Tobi Brian at home in Wien . . .
  • Burkina Faso:  "I got back to Djibo yesterday, with David and Robert who are here as part of a gap year programme.  Great to have them here…"  Read Studio Progress
  • Czech Republic:  "I can’t think of any better way to fulfill my two job requirements than to spend an afternoon at the zoo with my son and my new friend Lucie…"  Read A great way to work!
]]> http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/countries-less-mentioned-part-2/feed 0 What they're doing for Christmas http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/what-theyre-doing-for-christmas http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/what-theyre-doing-for-christmas#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:16:19 +0000 Jim http://www.missionary-blogs.com/200812.html#e207 So what are the missionary bloggers doing for Christmas?  Here are some posts that will answer that question:

And if I don’t talk to you before then – I hope you all have a great Christmas season, remembering the One who did the greatest cross-cultural mission trip of all – the Lord Jesus, who left His home and came to earth as a baby.  And that’s something incredible to celebrate!

]]> http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/what-theyre-doing-for-christmas/feed 1 New pages and updates (and 7 new bloggers) http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/new-pages-and-updates-and-7-new-bloggers http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/new-pages-and-updates-and-7-new-bloggers#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:51:06 +0000 Jim http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/?p=474 If you haven’t looked lately, you may notice some new pages.  I’ll let you find them for yourself, but they’re both on the navigation bar to the left.  I’ll give you a clue – one starts with a “P” and one with an “S”.

On top of that, the Blog list has once again been updated.  I’ve been trying to make that a rare event, because it is a bit of work, but with the recent avalanche of new blogs the time had come.  So now you’ll see 120 missionary blogs featured there.  This is representative of the over 180 blogs I’m currently watching.

There are changes and additions to every category, but the most are, as always, the brand new bloggers.  In honour of the many bloggers that have come online in the last 3 months especially, here are just 7 that are worth checking out, if you haven’t already:

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