Changes in the Other Sheep

The issue of "The Other Sheep" I read today was very.... underwhelming to be honest! There were no super crazy stories, or any incredible missionary updates. One huge difference that I saw in this monthly issue was the format! I know I mentioned this last blog post, but it has changed even more so since the last issue! Now there are lists of the missionaries birthdays, and 10 question quizzes about your local church (fun stuff, right?!) There are also many more pictures: pictures of the missionaries themselves, their kids, their churches, and the other workers that help the missions run. There is the missionary children's page which is dedicated to showing pictures of the missionary's children, and a "Meet your missionaries" page which told the story from the missionary couples on how they met and about their callings. There was a prayer chart with lists of prayer requests from different parts of the world, and lists of answered prayers to give updates to those who had been praying. Lastly there was a page called "The Honor Page" with a first prize ribbon in the corner of the picture. This page was to "give special recognition to churches on our mission district which have achieved the honor of full self support". Lastly, there was a Juniors Page separate from the childrens page to be able to reach the older children.One thing I did notice is that in two of these articles it talked about a woman pastor and  a woman missions president! I had not seen that very much in the earlier articles, and was happy to see that in this issue! One article talked about a "lady pastor" and how well she was doing in Guatemala, and about Mrs Gordon T Olsen who was the President of the Nazarene World Missions Society. I think it has been really cool to see how much the style of the issues has changed! It has become much more interesting to read!