Erin Kerber – Page 19 – LCA International Mission

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Meaningful experiences in Australia

By Dya Komala Munthe and Frans Saputra Saragih | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

SMA GKPS, Pematangraya school in Indonesia, is a partner school with Navigator College in Port Lincoln, South Australia. In 2019, students from SMA GKPS travelled to Port Lincoln to visit Navigator College, as part of the exchange and relationship building of the partnership. Dya and Frans are two students who participated in the visit and, […]

Jun 05 2020

God is our refuge and strength

By Norma Koehne | 0 comment | Categories: Sermons/Devotions

‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble … though the waters roar and foam … the Lord of hosts is with us’ (Psalm 46:1,3–4). Many years ago, I prayed portions of this psalm over and over again as I was on a mission boat, buffeted by strong trade winds as […]

What does God’s love look like at a time of Global Pandemic

By Rev Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar

At a time of global crisis your generosity has been a life changing blessing to many people struggling to survive the fall out of the corona virus pandemic. With employment and incomes lost, entire communities shut down, and no social security or savings to fall back on, so many people across South East Asia are […]

Demonstrating God’s heart for the vulnerable

By Grant Wildman and Elizabeth Bentley | 1 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Schools

COVID-19 has not just resulted in mass panic-buying of toilet paper, there have been other responses to the pandemic as well. Some of these have even been good news and Tatachilla Lutheran College at McLaren Vale in South Australia and the Lutheran Church in Cambodia have been part of one of those positive stories! For […]

We need your help to share God’s word

By Hanna Schulz | 0 comment | Categories: Bible Translation, Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Mea duoduo! Good morning! For the past five years, I have been privileged to be a translation advisor to the Kope people of Gulf Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG). I am not the translator, the Kope translation team members do that work. They are, after all, the experts in their language. I am the […]

Lua people learn about free gift of life

By Erin Kerber | 0 comment | Categories: Thailand

Khun Neun leads us through the village of Ban Pakho where she serves as an evangelist with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thailand. There are 20 houses in this village, with seven to 10 people living in each house. The Lua people are a minority ethnic group native to Laos. Ban Pakho is situated in […]

‘Our exile is an act of God’

By Rev Matt Anker | 1 comment | Categories: Mission Workers

Many of us would have heard stories about people being stranded far from home, due to global government-imposed lockdowns to limit the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The media has shared pictures of distraught Aussies stuck in South America and tales of those who are desperate to return to loved ones and familiar surroundings. However, […]

Pastor, Missionary, Teacher – A Tribute to John Strelan

By Dean Zweck, based on the obituary prepared by John Strelan jr | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Many readers of Border Crossings would know that one of our former missionaries, Dr John Strelan, died recently. ‘Joe’, as he was usually known, was born in 1936, the third of ten children born to Peter and Erica Strelan, nee Appelt. As a young fellow he studied at Concordia College and Seminary, graduating in 1959. […]

The power of the gospel: from condemnation to liberation

By Lim Seng Hua (Andrew) | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula

My name is Andrew and I come from Malaysia. I grew up in a rural village, of Chinese Malaysian parents. I was raised in Chinese Buddhist/Taoist culture but after a long personal journey, I became a Christian. This is a little of my story. I grew up in the early 1960’s in a rural village […]

How God Rekindled Me

By Grace Poong | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah

I was born and raised in a Christian family and I attended church regularly year after year, just like other ‘typical’ Christians. Yet somehow, deep inside I did not feel any sense of belonging and connection to the church community. I had never shown any interest towards any church community/events/cell groups nor any sort of […]

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