Erin Wareham is a former LCMS career missionary to the Dominican Republic. Her new mission field is a cubicle from which she uses her overseas experience to help LCMS members better connect with mission opportunities. She and her husband Josh, a 4th year student at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will find out where the Lord is calling them next in April 2027.

Recent Posts by Erin Wareham

There’s No Time Like the Christmas Present

Merry fall, y’all.

Christmas starts early in the Dominican Republic. That doesn’t mean I’m a disgruntled traditionalist who boycotts Christmas music until Santa ushers in the season from atop his sleigh at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. No, a friend of mine shared a photo of candy canes in her local supermarket to her Instagram Story on July 21.  

Remembering the Importance of Prayer

This is a story about termites.

I’d prepared that week’s team of volunteers to expect schedule changes. To not be surprised if the bus driver arrived on “island time” despite being en camino (on the way) or if a conversation over cafecito (coffee) lingered and made us “late” for our next engagement. In short, to be flexible. But I did not prepare them for an infestation.

5 Things Missionaries Wish You Knew

Pssssst. C’mere.

Closer.

I’m gonna let you in on a not-so-secret secret.

Five, actually: five things missionaries wish you knew.

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