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Supervising plantations with God’s protection

0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Dennis and Ros Mickan served in Papua New Guinea between 1972 and 1985. Following miscellaneous short assignments in various locations, they arrived, ‘green as green’ with two young girls at Kurum coconut Plantation on Karkar Island. Days began with morning devotions and roll call, followed by the boss boy giving out work assignments to up […]

An oasis under the highway

By Anne Storstein Haug | 0 comment | Categories: Thailand

Little Am is looking forward to a new day in kindergarten. Am lives with his parents and little brother in a small room, in a shed, under the highway. There is no room to run around and play, and so for an active three-year-old it is a dream to be able to come to Home […]

Give me land with a starry sky above

By Lotte Hoopmann | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

My birth, to Fred (Fritz) and Julie (or Jula) Mueller in the city of Reutlingen in southern Germany on 6 January 1925, occurred in the middle of the inflation widely experienced in that country during that period. It was an extremely difficult time for all so, after a few years, my father decided to emigrate […]

Operating under unbelievable conditions

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August Carl Bertelsmeier of River View, Maryborough, was born on the 10th of May, 1914, at Temora, New South Wales. He was both baptised and confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Temora by Pastor J Materne. Augie, as he was called by everyone, was a firm believer in his Lord and Saviour, so it was […]

Growing in Lutheran identity

By Rev Dr Andrew Pfeiffer | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah, Volunteers and Supporters

In August 2022 I received an invitation from Dr Wilfred John, director of the Lutheran Study Centre – Sabah, Malaysia, to teach at a conference with the theme, Lutheran Distinctives on Church, Ministry and Mission. Dr Wilfred is a former student at Australian Lutheran College (ALC) and a long-time friend of the LCA. The visit […]

The blessing of scholarships

By Rev Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea, Scholarships

Most people are not overly excited at the prospect of supporting scholarships for international partner churches. When it comes to mission work, it just doesn’t carry the same thrill that comes when we see pictures of missionaries reaching out to tribes in the jungles of North Sumatra, or the sense of ownership that comes from […]

Gospel launch joy in PNG

By Lisa McIntosh | 0 comment | Categories: Bible Translation, Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Nearly 40 years after Bible translation work began in the delta region of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Gulf Province, the Kope people of the area can now read the Gospel of Luke in their own language. The first New Testament book to be completed in the Kope language, it was dedicated and launched in late […]

Rich and full life

By Irmgard Kobelt | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Clara Pech, the fourth born sibling of 11 children, was one of 7 daughters and 4 sons of a couple who were dedicated mission-supporters farming near Appila in the mid-north of South Australia. Clara was trained at the Royal Adelaide hospital as a registered nurse and then went overseas into service for the people in […]

Lutheran nurses visit the Centre

By Rev Robert J Wiebusch | 0 comment | Categories: Scholarships, Singapore

For many of the 17 participants in this year’s Lutheran Parish Nurses International study tour to Alice Springs in September it was a first-time visit to Australia. They came from Palestine (Bethlehem), Singapore, USA and Australia. Among the tour group were Aimee Jambor, the first nurse to complete the US version of the LNAA Introduction […]

Navigating a faith journey together

By Jamie Fewster | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

Around 10 years ago, Navigator College at Port Lincoln in South Australia sought to explore a partnership with a school in another country. After consultation with LCA International Mission, and a lot of prayerful consideration, a partnership between Navigator and SMA GKPS 1 Pamatang Raya, Indonesia, was born. Through God’s provision and blessing, this partnership […]

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