African Adventures

Emily is currently working in Uganda. She has been working with the local community on some new development projects involving water and sanitation. This is an exciting opportunity as the local community wants to be equipped and trained to manage the project! Here are some quick snap shots from the local village:

If you would like to know more about what Emily is doing please contact ACC World Missions by email service@wm.acc.org.au

Colouring Competition in Baseco

Sarah is a short term Missionary in who is working in the Philipines. She has a great passion for the children as you can tell from the small exert below.
Children's Ministry
"It has been an exciting month of growth in our kids services!! We decided to trial handing out the colouring in competition sheets (with the weeks memory verse) that also act as invitations in both This has been a very effective tool in Aplaya, and has helped us to develop relationships with the families of the children. We trialed handing out 600 invitations overall, talk about effective! Our kids services exploded over night! We went from having between 70-80 in each service, to having 200 in Block 15 and 180 in Tambakan. Our church buildings could barely contain the numbers!

Pray that we will not just draw crowds, but that we will actually be able to impact the childrens lives. That they will truly meet Jesus and that their lives will be transformed.

It's also been a great month in terms of our Kids team leadership. We have really started to work together in better unity, and we have seen some great changes. We have had a number of the youth rise up and start taking on greater roles of responsibility. Specifically some younger guys who have been invaluable helping with crowd control and handing out the IDs, however they have now started helping teach the memory verse and with worship and our testimony time. We have also seen great creativity in how we have been presenting our Bible Story each week - it's incredible how intently the children have been listening! Please continue to pray for our team"!

If you would like to hear more about what Sarah is doing or would be interested in going to the Philippines then please contact ACC World Missions by emailing service@wm.acc.org.au

Closed Country Update

Two of our senior overseas workers are serving with us in a closed country in the East Asia region. The team they pioneered are working closely with an educator who leads a Muslim boarding school, however has come to faith in Christ. He is helping the students embrace the Scriptures and this school is now the contact point for the Muslim community to obtain materials and scripture through the media projects that are run by an organisation initiated by our workers. Their newsletter also mentions "Some of those who have made a commitment to Christ (through the media projects) have taken the initiative to reach their own Muslim families. God is moving through Muslim communities preparing the hearts of many, desiring us to move with Him".


Please read the flyer and if you would like more information about partnering with this project, or about assisting our overseas workers (who have 3 children) involved in this ministry who currently have a shortfall in their support, please contact our On-Field Coordinator on field.services@wm.acc.org.au

The Dark Room

Here is the latest update from Rebecca in Cambodia - What leading - edge work!

The use of ________ commonly known as the date rape drug is frequently used by people traffickers in Cambodia to render teenage girls unconscious so they can be sold into slavery, child labour or prostitution. The drug is slipped into drinks in bars and clubs and by the time the girls regain consciousness, they have been sold. Recently GenX partnered with Hosea Ministries, an NGO working on drug awareness and rehabilitation, to produce a short film addressing this issue and teaching young women and teenage girls how to be aware of the tactics of traffickers, and how to protect themselves. The film is a narrative story comparing the actions, decisions and consequences of two different girls, one naïve and unaware, and the other more wise and familiar with potential dangers. One girl after a fun night out with her friends wakes us in her own room in the morning, safe. The other girl, who was not so cautious, falls victim to traffickers and wakes up on the floor of a locked cell where she has been sold.
The film will be released onto National TV, shown in schools, released onto DVD and used in community awareness projects run by Govt and Non Govt organisations across the country. Our aim is to make young Cambodian women less vulnerable and therefore reduce the number of girls who are trafficked via this drug.

To support Rebecca in her work or find out more please contact WM secive@wm.acc.org.au

Royal Rangers in Vanuatu

Ever thought of going to Vanuatu? ACC WM short term Missionaries Russell and Robyn Harbour are Living over there on an island called Efate. Efate has a population of 43,000 people. The total population of Vanuatu is approximately 220,000 and there are approximately 72 AOG churches across the nation.

Here is part of their may newsletter:
We recently spent one week on Tanna Island setting up the Royal Ranger program. We were given the best yet young men to work with as leaders. A full day training was followed by a practice run with 34 boys. The leaders are considering Saturday morning for their group and plan to build the outpost at New Life church first, then branch out into the villages. Some the small boys walked 2 hrs home in the dark to their village after Royal Rangers.


While on Tanna Russell preached at Calvary Life AOG on the Friday night by candle light. 10 candles in the church gave a dim light, the people sat on mats, and some of them slept the night in the church as they had walked in from outlying villages and would walk home in the early morning light. This meeting was advertised as a youth meeting but around 60 people of all ages attended. The pastor walked into Lenakel, approximately a 1 hr walk, to visit and talk about things he had learnt on the Friday night. He has requested that we return next year and do a series in his church.

On the Sunday we visited a small village high up in the mountains, the AOG church there was the first one planted many years ago by a Fijian missionary. The village consisted of split bamboo houses with a thatched roof. The pastor from this village walked 2 hours into Lenakel to spend time with us. Russell preached in the morning and Robyn ran an open Sunday school. When this village runs out of tank water the women walk 2 hrs to wash their clothes!

If you are interested in working with or supporting the the Harbours please us by email service@wm.acc.org.au