Sri Lanka

RETURNING TO SRI LANKA:

Bro Axel Jansen and I last visited Sri Lanka in 2019, the week after the Easter Bombings. We were delighted this recent visit did not entail any major disasters. Although in recent months Sri Lanka has received a lot of news coverage due to its ongoing economic crisis, which has severely impacted the lives of brothers and sisters in Sri Lanka, for visitors there were no obvious concerns, issues or fear for our personal safety. The benefits of visiting those in the ecclesias of Sri Lanka far out way any other considerations.

The highlights of our short 10-day visit were our involvement at 3 ecclesial locations and the baptisms of those who have recently confessed their faith in the Gospel of Christ: 3 baptisms in the centre of the island at Mihintale; 5 baptisms in the south of the island inland from Matala; and 3 baptisms near Negombo. These 11 baptisms were the culmination of first principles instruction by Sis Aloka de Ambrew, with the support of Bro Frank Ryan, who returned to Australia due to COVID after living in Sri Lanka for 10 years, but continued his support online.