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The Rev. Gary Schulte, area director for West and Central Africa with the LCMS Office of International Mission, enjoys a light moment while addressing a Lutheran congregation in Mir, northern Togo. At right is the Rev. Kolani Lambon, president of the Eglise Luthérienne du Togo, an LCMS partner church body. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)