Since my arrival back in Timor in mid-June: the Triton has been fixed and is back on the road, the container from Brisbane has arrived and passed customs inspections, and we now have the new Hilux and donations here in Weberek. Thank you all for your prayers & support throughout this long journey of resolving […]
I am now home, but head off again in just over three weeks. When I last wrote I was in Uganda, and was looking forward to a seminar for pastors of a second, larger Anglican Diocese, West Ankole. I must mention that one Baptist church in Sydney funded these two seminars for Anglican pastors! It […]
As this is our final prayer letter as APWM workers to Japan, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all of you who prayed and given in so many different ways to partner with us in reaching the Japanese. God has blessed us so richly over these past five years…
Working with the Local Church Our church held a two day Spring Holiday Bible School for the first time. Our church had not held any Bible Camps during school holidays for many, many years. Kashiba Megumi Pressie Church from Nara Prefecture joined with us and six children attended. The theme was “Become disciples of Jesus.”
Dear praying friends, Needed – The patience of Job Warm greetings from Bushenyi in Western Uganda. I moved here Tuesday from Ibanda, 2 hrs north, after spending two weeks with the ‘Church of Uganda’ (Anglican) Diocese of NW Ankole. The main work I had come for, teaching pastors, was a disappointing time. We had agreed […]
May I first extend my deepest gratitude to all those who have supported the work of IRFA with sacrificial service. The IRFA Council who have had to make strategic decisions in the changing world of Cross-Cultural Missions. As a Presbyterial and Reformed Missionary Body, the distinctive nature of our contribution to World Missions is important, […]
Bondia hotu hotu, good morning all. My apologies for sending this newsletter out later than expected. You might remember in my last newsletter that my nursing team was preparing for a triage training program that was to be delivered in the Vera Cruz Community Health Centre (CHC) in Dili. After several very positive meetings with […]
Dear praying friends, I now have a few more details from Uganda for you on the coming programme there. Presbyterian Theological Students But firstly, the time with the Presbyterian theological college students in Dar was good fun. The students were nice and responsive. Most had grasped justification on my last visit in January, but the […]
Praise the Lord for His perfect timing of our arrival with Jim in Weberek. There had been some more tampering with the solar powered pump set up in Weberek. Had we not arrived when we did, we may have lost the pump into the bore. Jim was able to solder the lid of the pump […]
