Paul | New South Wales
“ It ’ s such a privilege to be able to come alongside international students at Macquarie University . Every Monday afternoon , we play sports with the students and then have dinner together . On Tuesday we offer lunch , and across the week we meet up with students to talk about life and faith .
Through all this , we are endeavouring to show hospitality , build relationships and share the love of Jesus through word and deed .”
Liz | Thailand
“ God has placed a new Thai friend in our path , and she is now using her professional background to help us run an income generation project with some of the local believers . We keep learning that as we follow God and respond to His invitation to be co-menders , we can trust that He will never leave us unequipped .”
Nathan | Victoria
“ I have found that co-mending with God is often simply about being present . Our church has established a space for disadvantaged people in our community to come and experience hospitality and belonging .
Melanie | Malawi
“ I was sitting with a group of Yawo women and we were talking about God ' s Word . We were listening to what God says about forgiveness and one of the women sat there wide eyed and said , ‘ Do you mean this is real for us ? God forgives me if I forgive other people ? If that ' s the case , we need to stop . I need to go home !’
And so she just left the group and went home straight away and restored relationships ! She asked for forgiveness , she apologised and she made things right . It was just like how Zacchaeus immediately made things right after he spent time with Jesus . It was amazing and I was dumbfounded !
I felt convicted and so honoured that I got to be part of this journey of restoration and mending .”
We host lunches , events and recently built a community garden . However , the most important thing we do is simply be present . Every time we show up , we build trust .”
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