Philippines The December 2011 Youth Conference, was a wonderful opportunity for hundreds of the vibrant, energetic and enthusiastic young people to get together. Always quick with a smile, they made sure everyone felt welcome. Their enthusiasm, and spiritual yearning was a huge lesson in itself; and a real motivator for finding pleasure and contentment in…
Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country bounded by Russia in the north and China in the south. It covers an area twice the size of NSW but with a population of just 2.7 million is the world’s most sparsely populated nation. There is an ecclesia of four in the capital Ulaanbaatar which meets regularly in a small flat rented by…
A mini (and very portable) Bible Exhibition made up of laminated coloured panels was recently used in five locations in Solomon Islands from the capital Honiara, to the rural provinces, even to an island where there are only walking tracks. The theme of the exhibition is God’s Plan for the Earth and follows through from Creation…
Bangladesh Ten years have passed since we lived in Bangladesh. Since that time we have made shorter visits, but this time it was very noticeable how much had developed in the ecclesia since our first trip. We rejoiced in seeing those whom we taught in Sunday School when they were children, now baptised and teaching the…
South Korea In 1983 a Korean trader came to Australia with his “interpreter” Hyun Roe. While in Sydney, Hyun saw an advert for a prophetic lecture on the Return of Christ. After the lecture Hyun was moved to ask, “How did you learn those words?” Hyun had been reading his Bible for years & had problems reconciling what the Bible…
Cambodia The end of 2011 saw the 2011 Cambodian Bible School go ahead as planned in Phnom Penh. The Lucky Star Hotel played host to over 100 Brothers, Sisters and friends for a week of studies, praise and fellowship. Brother Alan Dennes, Garnet Alchin and John Pople spoke in rotation through Khmer and Vietnamese translators…
Mission work in Tonga has commenced its eleventh year and with this new year we are excited and very thankful to our heavenly Father that Bro. Alan and Sis. Maureen Struckman have a VSA placement in Tonga for two years having commenced in January 2012. This extended stay will enable them, on behalf of the…
Nov to Dec 2011 Recent Baptisms Since our last report (12 October 2011) there have been five baptisms in Sri Lanka. On 23 October Bro Nalaka De Silva, who we mentioned in our last report was baptised. Nalaka was followed on 30 November by Bro James B., then on 6 November by Bro Rohan Hettiarachi,…
June to Oct 2011 The Taylor family, Bro Russell, Sis Margueritia, and their four children, Mac, Asha, India and Sahara, and Sis Margueritia’s father, Bro Fran Ryan, have been in Sri Lanka since December 2009. The Negombo Ecclesia is the only ecclesia in Sri Lanka. It has 26 Sri Lankan members and there are another…
Indonesia From small beginnings in 1969 the ACBM commenced its work of Gospel Proclamation within a country of over 230 million inhabitants – 90% Islamic. The focus of the work is in Central Java, in the ancient city known nowadays as Solo, but previously known as Surakarta. Here an Ecclesia of some 70 Brothers and…