Volunteers and Supporters – Page 12 – LCA International Mission

Lutheran mission trips in Thailand

By Kendrea Rhodes | 0 comment | Categories: Congregations, Thailand, Volunteers and Supporters

Simon King is the volunteer Thailand Program Assistant for LCA International Mission and has been involved with trips to the Nan Province since they began in 2009. The Thailand trips are an organised annual volunteer project and have really helped make a difference in the lives of the area’s indigenous people. ‘This is frontline mission work – […]

Servant of Christ Award

By Rosie Schefe | 0 comment | Categories: Stamps for Mission, Volunteers and Supporters

Gertrude Jacob was one of three recipients of the 2012 Servant of Christ Award. The award recognises the faithful, but not always obvious, service of laypeople within the LCA. It is conferred annually as a highlight of the Australian Lutheran College (ALC) graduation ceremony. Gertrude’s independent living unit at Lutheran Homes, Glynde, reflects her ongoing […]

Loved and Cared for by you!

By David and Ruth Craig | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Volunteers and Supporters

David and Ruth Craig are not your ordinary couple. Since retirement they have given large amounts of their time as volunteer teachers of English through the LCA Board for Mission’s volunteer program. Read what they said about their latest experience. We were privileged to go as volunteers to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for two months in […]

Forgiven to Forgive

By Kendrea Rhodes | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

When Marlene Pluckenhahn was a little girl, she wanted to be a missionary in Africa.

Volunteer teaching on remote island in PNG

By Kendrea Rhodes | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

Nicole Graham from Biloela, North East Queensland, has had a desire to serve God as a missionary overseas for as long as she can remember. Having been exposed to this life by her parents, who have been involved in mission work, she felt that God had amply prepared her for this purpose. ‘I want to […]

Lessons learnt in Cambodia

By Matt and Megan Geddes | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Volunteers and Supporters

On the busy Cambodian New Year weekend in April 2012, we travelled 2 hours via bus to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (‘Life Centre’) in Krus village, Kampong Chhnang province. The journey led us to a small village surrounded by rice paddies, and inhabited by farmers and basket weavers, cows and chickens. The Life Centre […]

A family in Christ

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

Death of a parent, breakdown of marriage, the experience of being abandon, poverty…these are some of the harsh realities of life in our world. For vulnerable children, these experiences can mean isolation, homelessness, a deeper experience of poverty, a loss of identity and dignity, and loss of their family or a place to call home. […]

Mission Thailand 2012 bigger and better

By LCA Communications | 0 comment | Categories: Congregations, Thailand, Volunteers and Supporters

The Thailand mission team has tested the ‘bigger is better’ theory with its biggest-ever contingent: 19 people. They ranged in age from 14 to 66, and represented six Lutheran congregations and one congregation of another Christian denomination. For ten days, 6-16 January, the ‘MT2012: Disciples of all Nations’ team assisted LCA missionary Pastor Simon Mackenzie […]

Missionary reunion supports lasting bond

By Mary Jo Zwar | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

Whether it was one year ago or 60 years ago, time spent in God’s mission in Papua New Guinea has made an incredible impact on the lives of people who served there. It has also created a lasting bond among them. On Sunday, 8 January, more than 60 former missionaries met for their annual reunion, […]

PNG missionaries reunion

By LCA Communications | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

In mid October around 80 former missionaries to Papua New Guinea (PNG) and other supporters gathered for a weekend reunion and mission celebration at Trinity Lutheran Church, Pasadena, Adelaide. Visitors came from as far afield as Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. They were joined by six guests from the Siassi Islands, members of the Evangelical […]

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