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God’s Wingless Angels

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia

For over twenty one years, Mr Jayasingh Rajiah has served as the director of Bethany Home in Malaysia. His leadership, love and care for the children and adults with disabilities who call Bethany ‘home’, and his encouragement and support for the staff who serve there has been inspirational. Jayasingh retired from his role as director […]

Missionary Simon Mackenzie returns to Australia

0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Thailand

New and exciting mission and ministry challenges lie ahead for Pastor Simon Mackenzie who has returned to Australia in October 2013 together with his wife Oiy and son after serving as the LCA missionary with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thailand (ELCT) since 2005. Simon is now preparing to begin ministry together with Pastor Mark […]

Our hands, God’s mission

By Devon Dutschke | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Volunteers and Supporters

I arrived in Cambodia, with my wife Sybil, on the 23 Nov 2013 for our second medical mission trip with Lutheran World Mission. We travelled by bus to Kampong Chhnang where we met the medical and dental teams from Singapore and Hong Kong.

Learning New Things

By Geoff Burger | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

After some ‘gentle persuasion’ from Glenice Hartwich, we fearfully flew to Indonesia to teach English in Siantar, North Sumatra, not knowing what to expect. Helen Schubert, my wife Audrey and I learned some things and we’d like to share them with you: Imagine a seminary as big as one of our (LCA) secondary colleges. There […]

Learning to serve and serving to learn

By Paul Fielke | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula, Schools

Immanuel College, Novar Gardens in South Australia, has had a partnership with Bethany Home in Malaysia for over eight years now. This partnership has been, and continues to be, a vital part of our mission and ministry.

ACLE draws international visitors

By Rosie Schefe | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Schools

President of Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Bishop of Jordan and the Holy Land Rev Dr Munib Younan made his first official visit to Australia as a guest of the LCA and Lutheran Education Australia (LEA) from 25 September to 3 October. Bishop Younan was invited to deliver the opening keynote address at the fourth […]

Reconciliation among our Lutheran neighbours

By Vic Pfitzner | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia Sabah, Singapore, Volunteers and Supporters

In years gone by, the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) tended to look to North America and to Europe when locating brothers and sisters in the faith, in terms of fellowship arrangements. We occasionally need reminding that Lutheran churches in South East Asia are our immediate neighbours with whom we have long-standing and close relations […]

Building a strong partnership

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

Wayne Beven is one of four Australians currently working in Papua New Guinea (PNG) through the partnership of LCA International Mission. Many of his life and work experiences— from birth to boilermaker and manager in Broken Hill (NSW), to owning his own businesses in various locations in South Australia —have shaped and made Wayne Beven […]

My 2013 visit to Debora

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

On 25 June, Rosemary Winderlich returned to Deborah Orphanage in Indonesia for her tenth time as an LCA Mission International volunteer. Since 2005 Rosemary has travelled to this remote area in the middle of North Sumatra to teach the children life skills, including English. The water pump was broken (again), so the children walked between […]

Smiles for a new life

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia

When Bory first came from her home in Batambong Province to study in Phnom Penh, she was so homesick she’d cry with sadness, alone in her room. It was a huge step to leave family and friends behind in the Cambodian countryside, and come to the city to study Law at the University of Cambodia.

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