2010 – Page 2 – LCA International Mission

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No passports, no idea, no way

By Mark and Marion Schubert | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

We’d retired and settled into a quiet life, spending time with the family, working around the house and garden – filling in time quite nicely, thank you very much. Then bang out of nowhere we were thinking about volunteering overseas to teach English. We’d had friends around for dinner and everything was going as normal […]

Workers for the Harvest

0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Malaysia Sabah, Papua New Guinea, Scholarships

Helping overseas students fulfil their calling to be bringers of the good news for more than 20 years, the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA), in cooperation with the Australian Lutheran College (ALC), have awarded over 100 scholarships in that time. In offering scholarships to overseas students, the LCA are contributing a great gift to extending […]

Being tour guides

By Mark and Marion Schubert | 0 comment | Categories: Scholarships, Volunteers and Supporters

Mark and Marion Schubert became involved in helping overseas students to settle in Australia following their own trips to Pematangsiantar in Sumatra to help teach English to incoming seminary students. On their first trip to Indonesia they found themselves in shock, trying to cope with the different weather, language and culture, but their hosts made […]

On a wing and a prayer

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

Bags of coffee, rice, biscuits, shovels, machetes, mail, a coffin containing a body, together with people going to and from geographically isolated villages in the remote regions of the highlands of Papua New Guinea – all these can be part of the precious cargo transported, on any given day, by a Twin Otter plane in […]

An Adventure in teaching English

By Jennie Jones | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

On 15 July 2010, after months of preparation, my husband James and I boarded a plane to Indonesia. Having volunteered for overseas service, a request came via the LCA, asking if we would spend a month helping at Elim Orphanage in North Sumatra. They were looking for help with teaching English to the children and […]

Young hearts for Jesus

By Sophouen Hay | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia

Sophouen was baptised by LCA WA District Bishop Greg Pfeiffer in the village of Phum Krus on 11 July 2010. She served as an intern at the Lutheran Life Centre before moving to the Rainbow Student Hostel while studying at Phnom Penh Bible College. Today, Sophouen is serving as an evangelist for the Lutheran Church […]

‘Border Crossings’ Issue 8

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Please enjoy this issue of Border Crossings and read about how God’s love is coming to life through the word-and-action gospel work of our partner churches.

Chicken with Lemon and Dates

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Serves 4 Ingredients 8 chicken thigh fillets (or other larger pieces of chicken) 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp chopped ginger cracked black pepper & salt extra virgin olive oil 1 unpeeled lemon finely sliced and chopped 1 tsp ground turmeric 2 chopped onions 1 cup […]

Unity in Diversity

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Schools

South Australian school students formed part of a unique team assisting Cambodian villagers with medical – and spiritual – first aid. To share the love of Jesus Christ with the people of Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, a unique team of 90 people from different parts of Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong came together – for […]

Holding Brokenness

By Emilie Traeger | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula, Volunteers and Supporters

Bethany Home in Malaysia is one of my most loved places. It’s a home to me. I first went there as a volunteer for the LCA in 2000/2001. I spent most of my time with two groups of children: in my physio class, and in Level 5 (12-13 year olds). Most of the physio students […]

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