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Japanese Lutherans give generously

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A tsunami-disrupted visit to Asian and Australian Lutheran churches by leaders of Japan’s tiny Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church was finally able to go ahead in December, when Adelaide hosted the group for three ‘days of discovery and grace’. Osaka-based President Rev Shigeo Sueoka, Vice President Rev Hagenonshita Terumitsu and Secretary of the Department of Overseas […]

Australian Lutherans pray for Japan

By Linda Macqueen | 0 comment | Categories: Japan

On 11 March Rev Neville Otto and Mrs Heidi Smith joined with Lutherans from Japan and elsewhere in Asia to pray for the people of Japan. Mrs Smith and Pastor Otto were representing the LCA at the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Asian Church Leaders Conference in Kuala Lumpur as news of the devastating earthquake and […]

Precious Cargo

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula

Despite the trying natural and man-made conditions around them, the Orang Asli people of Malaysia are finding hope, strength and love in the Messiah they have been introduced to. Water sprays along the side of the speeding boat as we travel toward the distant huts perched on the raised ledges of the islands in the […]

Distrik Wokmeri Trening Skul (Women’s Work Training School)

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

There are four Wokmeri Trening Skuls (women’s work training schools) in Papua New Guinea. These provide training for the women, and leaders who serve the women, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELC-PNG). Much has changed over the years in relation to the needs of the women. These days a new curriculum […]

Experiencing God’s great love

By Sally Lim | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia

Om Khom (Aunty Khom) is an elderly lady living alone. Her right eye was hurt by a bullet during the Khmer Rouge regime and her left eye was unable to open unless she pries it open whenever she needs to see. As such she is not able to work in the field and, with advancing […]

First time veteran

By Simon King | 0 comment | Categories: Volunteers and Supporters

Friday, January 7, 2011. 8am. Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International Airport….. Ten expectant faces looked at me. “Okay, this is it”, I thought. This was quickly followed by a tumble of other thoughts…. “Do I have the tickets and my passport?” “Do I have enough spare batteries?” “Do I have enough clean underwear!!??” With the help […]

Thank you for all you did

By Dorothy Heller | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

Dorothy Heller returned to Papua New Guinea after 40 years and was touched by the commitment and vision of women in the Church In November last year, I realised my dream of returning to Papua New Guinea to show my husband, John, where I had lived and worked at Baitabag Girls School in the 1960s. […]

Home of Praise says: Thanks!

By Anne Storstein Haug | 0 comment | Categories: Thailand

To the Lutheran Church of Australia, We in Home of Praise want to thank you for your support. The parents only pay 10 baht each to send their children to the nursery so we need a lot of support from outside to be able to keep it running. At the moment, 35 children from 6 […]

Smiles at Hephata

By Pauline Simonsen | 0 comment | Categories: Congregations, Indonesia

“Hello! Hello!” The smiling man with the missing teeth called cheerily to us every morning – and every time we walked past his sitting place. His warm call and happy grin were guaranteed to make us smile back. But that was normal at Hephata – we were always met with smiling faces and cheerful greetings […]

‘Border Crossings’ Issue 9

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Please enjoy this issue of Border Crossings and read about how God’s love is coming to life through the word-and-action gospel work of our partner churches.

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