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After a quick trip to the pharmacy, we had meetings morning, afternoon and dinner (moo moo, variation on hungi) at night. Great tropical flowers. Lot of talk at meetings, not sure about action. Statue of ML in middle of compound.

Martin Luther Seminary is 5 minutes up the road and we went there this morning for chapel and also for the commissioning of Mick Hauser who was bestowed with a preaching license for LCA & ELC-PNG. Nice little service in the chapel at MLS. Education meetings in afternoon to explore partnership possibilities.

Got to Lae, with the Church compound at Ampo being 80 minutes from the airport. Hot sunny day. Guesthouse accom is basic but ok. Interestingly no hot water hooked up as it is always it. Went to shop to try to find some clothes as luggage nowhere to be found. I couldn’t find anything big enough🙄. […]

It was going to be big challenge anyway but It’s a bit of a shemozzle.... Hmmm In Manila, but luggage is somewhere else in Asia. Not even halfway to Lae Grrrrr Manila airport is aged and very inefficient. Sitting outside waiting for transfer to another terminal. That will only come every 45 minutes... […]

Travelled from Siantar to Kualanuma. Very plush hotel this evening ready for big travel day tomorrow. Took airport train into centre of Medan for a brief look around. Typical busy Asian city. Pictures are of trip to Medan, view from hotel (Prime Plaza Hotel) , and downtown Medan

Met today with the Director of Diokonia in one of the church synods (HKPB), discussing needs, support and future dreams. We met at her home which is part of a big church complex that includes chapel, orphanage, church offices and more. Following this we travelled through the country to Raya and a secondary boarding school there. They have a partnership with Navigator College Port Lincoln. After lunch there, similar to yesterday, we travelled back to Siantor to meet, debrief on the two days of meeting and endeavour to consider what’s next in the way the LCA can support Indo Lutheran Schools. […]