45th Anniversary of Ordination

On the 12th of March after the Sunday morning service at La Paz Lutheran Church in Petare, the congregation held a little fiesta to give thanks to the Lord for enabling us to celebrate the 45th anniversary of my ordination. Many things have taken place since that ordination took place in the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels in Cambridge England in 1961. On the Feast of the Epiphany in January 1963 I was installed as a missionary pastor to serve with the Lutheran Church of Venezuela. The call to Venezuela has involved us in a ministry of church planting and theological education – 6 years in Maturín, 19 years in Ciudad Guayana, 6 years in Valencia, 6 years in Caracas with some time away for graduate studies and a guest professorship in Saint Louis. We thank and praise the Lord for giving us the health and strength to carry out this ministry.
Ramona & Rudy – with cross given by congregation – 45 years of ministry