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01
Oct2025

Answering the call: ‘Lord, what should I do?’

by Helen Brinkman

Learning to see God’s messages in the simple, everyday things of life has enabled 81-year-old Bernie Dewar to share God’s love on the airwaves.

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28
Aug2025

Celebrating 10 years of God’s faithfulness in PNG

Join LCA International Mission online on Thursday 4 September as we give thanks to God and celebrate 10 years of faithful gospel ministry through Michael (Mick) Hauser in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

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05
Jun2025

Planting for God’s harvest

by Helen Brinkman

For more than 60 years, retired teachers Trevor and Liz Winderlich have been working together to plant and grow schools in Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG), sowing seeds of faith for God to harvest.

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06
Mar2025

Qld Bung Yumi 2025

Current and previous PNG missionaries, families, MKs (‘mission kids’) and friends – anyone with an interest in PNG! – are welcome to attend the Qld Bung Yumi 2025 on Sunday 12 April 2025.

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05
Sep2024

Gifted a pig

by Michael Stolz

When ALWS Executive Director Michael Stolz attended the opening of a women’s conference in Papua New Guinea recently, he wasn’t expecting the announcement made by the chief of the host tribe, who said they would be honoured if Michael accepted their prize pig!

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09
Jul2024

Your chance to join PNG mission conversation

You are invited to join an online gathering with young people from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea to hear stories of mission work by former missionaries and talk with them.

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