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LWF Asia-Pacific Lutheran Identity and Self-Understanding Conference

By Pauline Simonsen | 0 comment | Categories: Volunteers and Supporters

“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! … For there the Lord bestows his blessing, life forevermore.” Psalm 133 The fourth conference on Lutheran Identity and Self-Understanding for the LWF’s Asia-Pacific region was held in Manila from 16-20 November, coinciding with the APEC conference in the same city. Despite […]

Life-transforming partnerships

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia

Sitting on the hard wooden bed inside her home, Who Met reflects on the most recent years of her life lived in rural Cambodia. Words that describe the atrocities and deep hurt experienced during the Pol Pot regime remain unuttered. At seventy years of age Who Met, like other women her age should be sitting […]

Filled with joy

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia

The joy on Ung Ein’s face is evident as she sits on the bench with her friends from the village of Krus, Cambodia waiting for the bible study to begin following her midday time meal. Ung Ein first started coming to the Life Centre following her retirement in 2011 as a primary school teacher. Since […]

Stand on my feet

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula

Sarala’s smile welcomes me into a conversation as she wheels herself towards me. We’re in Bethany Home, Teluk Intan, Malaysia. Bethany Home is not so much a home but a place of learning and care for children and young adults with multiple physical and learning challenges. Next year Bethany will celebrate 50 years of operation […]

A Welcome at the Door

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula

Prabhu sits proudly in his wheelchair at the doorway of the Green Bamboo café at Bethany Home in Malaysia. He welcomes us with a warm smile as we move in and sit down to enjoy the fresh coffee and waffles we’d smelt when we stood outside talking to Lutheran pastor and director of Bethany Home, […]

From ‘I can’t’ to 15 kindergartens

By Coral Gallasch | 0 comment | Categories: Congregations, Papua New Guinea

St Paul’s Hahndorf Congregation recently went all-out in boots, hats and denim for its Evening in the Country, raising money to support the Heldsbach Kindergarten Project in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Revellers were treated to a three-course dinner and live country music. Diners were asked to get into the country theme with prizes awarded for […]

Your giving provides young people with an education

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea

The life of pastors and their families living and working in remote and rural areas of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is challenging in many respects. For many pastors, they receive no salary, but only goods in kind as their wages for the ministry amongst the people they are called to serve. Sometimes a ‘bilum’ (traditional […]

From the Sunshine Coast to Cambodia: a very special partnership

By Karen Schultz | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

This year we have had the pleasure of both receiving visitors from and having staff, students and a parent travel to Cambodia. We were honoured to have two Lutheran pastors from Cambodia, Daniel Orn and Vannarith Chhim visit Pacific Lutheran College in August, as part of a trip sponsored by LCA International Mission. We first […]

We need teachers of English

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Volunteers and Supporters

Reverend Neville Otto and Glenice Hartwich hear this request nearly every time they meet with people from our Lutheran overseas partner churches. Learning English helps people to get jobs and to engage with people from other countries – particularly important for pastors and churchy leaders. In addition, English classes are a way to build bridges […]

From my Journal

By Rosemary Winderlich | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

My eleventh visit to Deborah Orphanage in North Sumatra, was from 29 June to 19 August 2014. The Hulme family from Para Vista came to North Sumatra this year; Bruce, Sonia, five children from twelve to four, and Sonia’s cousin, Vicki Sumner. They were definitely the right people for the venture, culturally sensitive, ready to […]

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