Lay Missioners from a variety of mission-sending groups from nine or ten countries schedule a gathering almost every month, partly to take care of common concerns and business and partly as a support group for people who are far away from their home countries, families, and friends. In December the group met at the church-owned house on the Mekong River where the previous bishop retired and lived until he died last year.
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