Photo courtesy of Leo Reynolds

5 years is still a grand old age for a blog, so today we’re going to celebrate a few of the blogs that are celebrating a half a decade in the first half of 2009.  Here they are – stop by and congratulate them!

• ¡Pura Vida!  …teaching, learning, living in Nuevo León, México…
• Bangladesh Adventures  This is the Adventures of the Stout Family in Bangladesh.
• Transforming Argentina  Raising up a new generation of disciples in Latin America
• Phuong Ngo  preparing to go to China
• The Crossers’ Life In Italy  A glimpse into the daily lives and thoughts of Matt & Angie Crosser, missionaries to Italy.
• Church Planting in Puerto Rico  Puerto Rico: The Back Door for Reaching the US Spanish Speaking Population…
• Winckles Family Update  Life and Ministry in Budapest, Hungary
• Adventures With God  The Finnie’s Adventures In South Africa.
• Musings of a Missionary  Scenes, thoughts and stories from Bangkok.

Please stop by and check these out – and also let me know if you see any errors (with all that work I’m sure there were some slips!).

What kinds of blogs will you see there?  Here’s a preview!  From our brand new missionary bloggers…

• Straight from my heart… writes from Ukraine
• Life in the Frying Pan from Niger
• Adventures in the Dominican Republic! – well, you know where that is.

How about the up and coming missionary bloggers?

• Soul-Purpose in India
• Missionary Mom from Chile
• Missionary Gas is in Columbia

You want some more experienced missionary bloggers?  No problem…

• Missions Minded coming to you from Nicaragua
• JustusBlog is in France
• on target from South Korea

Finally, it’s time for the veteran missionary bloggers!

• Malagasy Musings is in Madagascar
• disciplemexico.org is, of course, in Mexico
• Church Planting in Puerto Rico is right where you would expect!

Enjoy these blogs, and please don’t forget to leave a comment on the blog posts you enjoy!

• Madagascar From Tulear:  It’s been a long time since I had to do so many things by candlelight.  I can remember struggling to do my homework during power cuts due to strikes back in the 1970s, trying to read by the light of a paraffin lamp when we lived in Ivory Coast in the 1980′s and 1990s.  Right now I’m in southern Madagascar…
• Puerto Rico Two different Suicide Attempts Makes for a Stressful Week:  ”I am going to kill myself” sobbed Carlos, as he pulled out a pocket knife, opened it and put it on the table between us,”And I am going to use that knife.”  He grabbed his head and moaned…
• Cambodia community life:  There’s been a lot of things about the culture in Cambodia that I’ve had to get used to since I moved here.  Whilst it has often been a challenge to my western cultural thinking, it has been great to get to know a little of how Khmer people live and their view of the world…
• Thailand Superstitions:  Recently I talked with two of my English classes about superstitions.  Our book gave some examples of American superstitions (walking under ladders – bad; finding horseshoes – good, etc.) Then I asked…
• Ecuador The 7 sweet things that awaited us in Ecuador:  While these little bunnies were a cute surprise, the greatest surprise that awaited us was two new girls showing up at church this week.  They are from the family that another church member had noticed as a new family in Sacha Runa…
• Ukraine Steps to Get Money for a Car:  1. Open a bank account in your name, in the nearest city.  2. Have money transferred from the US to this account.  Easy so far, right?…
• Kenya Unforgettable:  Tonight, I went to the children’s home to share with the children about my leaving.  I had shared in church yesterday, but with the service having been more than 3 hours long, I wasn’t sure if they had really heard when my time came to share…