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Stamps make a world of difference

By Helen Beringen | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Stamps for Mission

Who would have thought the once-popular children’s pastime of stamp collecting was still alive? Well, not only is stamp collecting still going strong, but it continues to make a world of difference to communities around the globe through the Lutheran Church of Australia’s (LCA) Stamps for Mission program. Since its inception more than 80 years […]

Thank you for support for Apricot Picking, Cutting and Drying

By Lou Moss | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Congregations, Myanmar, Volunteers and Supporters

For more than 13 years, the sale of thousands of bags of deliciously sweet dried apricots from Moorook in South Australia’s Riverland, has had eternal benefits. Several thousands of dollars each year from dried apricot sales have supported the Lutheran Church in Cambodia’s ongoing ministry and, recently, the redevelopment of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in […]

Small Items – Big Story

By Peter Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Stamps for Mission

Stamps for Mission (SFM) was started in 1938 by Ern Unger from Parkes in NSW. He was in charge of this project, supported by Lutheran groups, until he passed the baton to Peter Nitschke in early 2003. It is now a project of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) in general, currently supported by “the […]

Finding a place for service in retirement

By Timothy Pietsch | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

I retired from the full-time workforce in July 2016, and I had always imagined I would like to spend my retirement years undertaking some voluntary church work – “finding a place for service in retirement”. But I had no idea where this vague idea would lead me. As it happened, I was then employed for […]

Fifteen years in Debora

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

In 2004, Rosemary Winderlich resigned from several positions and completed a TESOL course (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). For the next 15 years she was a ViMO (Volunteer in Mission Overseas), with the Angkola Church, a very small, very isolated Batak church in Indonesia, then to Debora Home, also in Indonesia. Panti Asuhan […]

Gifts to fellow pastors reflect God’s love

By Rev Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: International Partners, Volunteers and Supporters

When I called on Lutheran pastors in Australia and New Zealand to support their brother pastors in the Philippines, the response was breathtaking. I had heard from President Antonio Reyes of the Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) about the effect of COVID-19 church shutdowns, inadequate health facilities, isolation and the lack of a government […]

New life for an old resource

By Pastor Phanna Bun, Rev Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: Volunteers and Supporters

And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” (Revelation 21:5) As followers of Jesus, we are people of the resurrection, so it should not surprise us when God brings new life out of something that appears dead and forgotten. Yet every time it happens, we are amazed! […]

Bow’s story

By Nipaporn Kunaruk and Anne Storstein Haug | 0 comment | Categories: Thailand, Volunteers and Supporters

Home of Grace is a safe place for pregnant women who are in difficult situations. It is a service of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thailand. All the women who come to Home of Grace have a story to tell about how they came to be there. This is Bow’s story. * Bow is 23 […]

Remembering Myrtle, with thanks

By Kathy Honor and Gisela Brown | 0 comment | Categories: Stamps for Mission, Stories, Volunteers and Supporters

Myrtle Truss, a long-time supporter and faithful worker for our ‘Stamps for Mission’ project has passed away at the age of 92. For over 40 years, Myrtle actively contributed to the work of the LCA International Mission and she will be greatly missed. Myrtle Truss was a blessing to many people throughout her long life, […]

Learning about the Augsburg Confession – 2020-style

By Denise Grieshaber | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah, Volunteers and Supporters

In September 2020, a much-anticipated seminar on the Augsburg Confession took place. But it was a very different event than the one originally planned. The Lutheran Study Centre in Sabah, Malaysia, last year asked LCA International Mission for assistance in staging a seminar on the Augsburg Confession. The resulting event was set for June 2020 […]

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