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Partnership improves student education

By Dr Neville Highett | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

LCA International Mission and Lutheran Education have been working in partnership with Lutheran World Federation assisting Lutheran schools in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The LCA has in the past supported the schools by the provision of buildings, books, computers and other equipment. However, the demand for assistance is so great, that the need cannot be met. […]

A handful of rice

By Nevin Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Myanmar

After the small table is set and the food for the evening meal is placed on the table, Pastors Mai Ki and Si join with their five children to give thanks for their meal. As is customary for the people of the Mara Evangelical Church in Myanmar, a handful of rice is placed into a […]

Let the children come…

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Thailand

As Sao Mandee (Director of Home of Praise) wraps her arms around the crying child, she is reminded of the words of Jesus, “let the children come to me”. That’s what happens every day during the week, as children from the poorest of the poor people living in the slums of Klong Toey in Bangkok, […]

Back to PNG – ‘life-shaping’

By James Winderlich | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

It was 50 years since I last walked on Papua New Guinea’s rich, life filled soil. I was born there, the child of mission parents almost 53 years previously. My parents were sent by our Church to establish new schools in remote communities. After returning to Australia my sisters and I grew up on PNG stories. Those stories […]

Accidentally falling in love

By Nevin Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula

The photo could have been taken anywhere on the globe. Two people looking at each other with knowing smiles as they shift a little closer together as they chat. Much has been written and sung about love. This story takes place in Pengkalan Hulu, Malaysia and tells of two people in love, with the arms […]

Outside the comfort zone

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

When Bible translator Hanna Schulz goes to live and work in a remote Papua New Guinea (PNG) village for approximately two months out of every four, she goes without mains power and water, a fridge, air-conditioning and a flushing toilet. The weather is ‘hot or hotter, sweaty or sweatier’ and mosquitoes are a constant pest. […]

From your kitchen table to the mountains

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

Your kitchen table is a long way from the remote mountainous area of Menyamya in the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea (PNG), or from any place in PNG for that matter. However, you are closer than you think – touching the lives of many women and their newborn infants with the practical love of […]

LCA International Mission partnership with Indonesian Lutheran schools

By Dr Neville Highett | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

In 2004 Pastor Wayne Zweck (Secretary of LCA and Mission Director) invited Dr Adrienne Jericho (Executive Director, Lutheran Education Australia (LEA)) to accompany him to Indonesia to explore the possibilities of working with Lutheran schools across the 13 Lutheran Synods in Indonesia. The LCA has a history of supporting schools and has provided buildings and […]

Hope is where our heart is

By Jacob and Kate Traeger | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Congregations

Pastor Mark Schultz from LifeWay Lutheran Church, Epping and Newcastle, in Sydney’s north-west, recently led a team of volunteers to the Lutheran Church of Cambodia’s new outreach point in Tang Krang village, Kampong Cham province, Cambodia. The team was comprised of people from LifeWay and Immanuel Lutheran Church, Woden ACT. The two congregations funded building […]

Gateway to hope

By Karina McKenzie | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Congregations

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