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LETTER FROM HEATHER Dear Friends, It’s a blessing for us to receive ministry updates from our cross-cultural team members and we hope they also appreciate the opportunity to share them. Having the space to sit quietly and record the meaningful and the mundane, the triumphs and the challenges of day-to-day life is an opportunity to reflect on God’s movement among them. We are grateful that each participates in telling their stories to us, so that we may share with you the experience of inviting people within least-reached communities to meet Jesus. The most recent news that we have received shapes not only this Summer edition of Vision magazine, but is carefully compiled for our extended prayer partners through Hotline and Pray Daily. Each Wednesday our National Office team comes together for devotions, during this time the prayers of our heart are focussed on the points raised in the newsletters we receive from our extended family members. I hope you will be encouraged as you update yourself with the ministry of the Global Interaction team. Thank you, we are so grateful for your contribution towards the significant work that God has placed in our hands to reach the least-reached with the love of Jesus in ways that they can understand. Blessings Heather Coleman General Director > We believe God’s greatest gift is a life-transforming relationship with Jesus > Our passion is to share the gift of Jesus and see Him embraced by all people around the world > With deep compassion and cultural sensitivity, Global Interaction exists to empower communities to develop their own distinctive ways of following Jesus Global Interaction is the international cross-cultural sending organisation of Australian Baptist churches. We send people to share the message of Jesus, establish and nurture faith communities and to provide Biblical training and leadership development. Operating for over 130 years we have been known as Australian Baptist Foreign Mission (ABFM), Australian Baptist Missionary Society (ABMS) and now Global Interaction. We are an affiliated body of Australian Baptist Ministries. The national office is in Melbourne and there are teams for each state. Editors: Andrea Fleming and Teagan Dwyer-Riviere Printing: Classic Press, Bayswater Cover photo: K people by David and Eliza Vision is distributed free to subscribers twice a year. Donations toward the costs are appreciated. Overseas recipients are required to cover postage or subscribe by email. Global Interaction Inc PO Box 3085 Auburn, VIC 3123 ©2017 Global Interaction Copyright: All material appearing in Vision is copyright. Reproduction in whole or in part is not permissible without the written permission of the publisher. 03 9819 4944 [email protected] www.globalinteraction.org.au NSW/ACT 02 9868 9250 QLD 07 3354 5603 SA/NT 08 8357 1755 VIC/TAS 03 9880 6161 WA 08 6313 6300