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Faith and hope built hospital in Highlands

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

I was born on 18 June 1924 at Yorketown in South Australia into a family with a long background history of involvement with the church and mission work. My maternal great-grandfather was a missionary amongst the Tamil people of India before coming to Australia. My paternal grandfather was sent out to Australia from Germany by […]

Ties to ‘silver years’ hold strong

By Rosie Schefe | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Memories and connections to warm, distant places drew almost 90 people to the fourth annual Fritzsche Oration, held at Australian Lutheran College in Adelaide on a wet and cold August evening. In his welcoming remarks, Principal James Winderlich asked audience members to indicate how many had served in Papua New Guinea, and how many had […]

A fruitful beginning

By Rosie Schefe | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Seven years after his first visit, Michael (also known as Mick) Hauser will soon return to the coastal city of Lae, in Papua New Guinea. His return will complete one cycle of learning for Michael, just as a new one begins. In 2008 Michael was a participant in a study tour to Papua New Guinea. […]

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 […]

Whose plans?

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

Emmanuel had planned to become a doctor. But his father, Pastor Walter Yalemu, had another idea. ‘My father shared his wish for me to become a pastor’, Emmanuel says.

Building the backbone

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

For several decades Lutheran women from Australia and other countries served in Papua New Guinea (PNG) training schools and as teachers in the districts and churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELCPNG). Mainly they were deaconesses, teachers or the wives of expatriate staff serving as missionaries. Many served in Meri Wok […]

A Gift of Light and Love

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

‘We have proper light to work with them rather than using lamps or torches like before’… with these words Sister Roselyn Lote, Officer In Charge at the Tawa Health Centre (Lutheran Health Services) in the remote area in the Menyamya District of Papua New Guinea (PNG), shares her thanks to you for your gift to […]

Taim bilong hamamas bilong Papua Niu Gini – PNG Memories

By Tanna Mackenzie | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea

Have you ever returned to a location after 40 some years of absence? After receiving an invitation in the middle of last year, I was able to do that in September 2014. I went with Glenice Hartwich, to the week-long 14th National Women’s Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELCPNG). It […]

Overflowing with Jesus

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

A long and colourful procession of Lutheran women, accompanied by men, children and young people, fills the air with joyful singing. Bystanders welcome them with cheers, and shower them with flower petals as they make their way to the assembly area. We are in the mountain region of Boana in Papua New Guinea, where women […]

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Faith and hope built hospital in Highlands

Ties to ‘silver years’ hold strong

A fruitful beginning

From ‘I can’t’ to 15 kindergartens

Your giving provides young people with an education

Whose plans?

Building the backbone

A Gift of Light and Love

Taim bilong hamamas bilong Papua Niu Gini – PNG Memories

Overflowing with Jesus

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