It’s an amazing thought: a country with fewer people than Sydney and a Lutheran Church smaller than the NSW district hearing God’s mission call to China. Mind you, if it comes to Singapore you expect it to be well thought through and well executed – and it is. The LCS decided to focus on Henan […]
Serves 2 Ingredients 2 tbp cooking oil 2-3 garlic cloves, minced 2 tbs finely slivered ginger Saucepan of boiling water Pinch salt 4-6 vermicelli nests 2 cups of cooked chicken, beef, pork or prawns (diced) 1 cup of sliced spring onions 1/2 red pepper diced 1 tsp of minced chilli (if preferred) 2 tbs oyster […]
Serves 4-6 Ingredients 3 tbs oil 1 kg green prawns (shelled) 3 shallots (peeled and sliced) 3 tbs red curry paste 2 cans of (Lite) coconut cream 1 tbs fish sauce 3 kaffir lime leaves (cut in thin strips) 500 gms green beans (cut in half) 1 red chilli (chopped finely) salt to taste Method […]
I am a firm believer that the best, most enduring travel memories are formed largely by the people you meet along the way. The best way to experience another country and its culture is to meet people in their daily lives, to see the world from their perspective and to walk in their shoes for […]
What an amazing privilege to be part of the first tour of Australian Lutheran teachers to Papua New Guinea! When I first heard about the visit to PNG I jumped at the chance. I had never experienced a country such as this and had heard so many stories that I had to see it for […]
Serves 4-6 Ingredients 1 1/2 kg of chicken pieces 4 shallots (peeled and sliced) 3 cloves of garlic (peeled and sliced) 1 medium red chilli (seeded) handful of cashew nuts or 5 candlenut, crushed 1/8 tsp turmeric 1 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 2 cups coconut milk 1 tbs. vegetable oil 2 cm fresh ginger […]
Two brief visits to our LCA partner church, the Basel Christian Church of Malaysia (BCCM) in Sabah on the island of Borneo, can hardly qualify me to write with any authority on the BCCM. However, the church – the people of God – active and passionate about the mission of God is what I treasure […]
Myriad thoughts and emotions are evoked by the new title of our mission magazine. There are elements of apprehension, uncertainty and even fear as we approach the unknown, but there are also elements of anticipation, expectation and excitement. That’s how it was for us as we planned for and made our own border crossing. For […]
Those of us who have travelled internationally know the excitement of visiting a different country, meeting its people and learning the culture. This was the experience of Indonesian teachers Flutner Purba and Yentie Simanjuntak, who spent four weeks in Brisbane recently. The visit of the teachers from the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (a partner church […]
Crossing borders always brings a mix of emotions. On the one hand, the prospect of crossing a border stirs feelings of excitement and anticipation within me. I love travelling, I love exploring, I love discovering new things and growing through these discoveries… On the other hand, it also brings a certain fear of the unknown. […]