Hamilton South

Pastor Mike Walker 

On July 26 a short term mission team that includes Peter and Marion Sanders, and Neil and Bev Higgs, fly to Mbarara, Uganda, with four others from NZ. They will spend three weeks on behalf of the NZ Uganda Heifer project, an initiative started by a small group of Christian farmers from Te Awamutu 8 years ago.

To date, NZ funds have sponsored the purchase of 80-90 heifer calves in Uganda for impoverished families. The difference a simple milking heifer makes to a family, and extended family is huge. This process is ongoing, and when cows have a calf the process goes full circle to another impoverished family. The team will spend most of their time building a brick house for the farm workers, extending the cowshed, and installing solar powered water pumps. Marion and Bev will also use their nursing skills.

Palmerston North Central 

A wonderful ladies' evening was held with speaker Ruth Corlett (Partners in Thailand), speaking on picking flowers on dusty roads. The youth group is working towards a mission trip to Fiji. 55 families are attending mainly music – a great outreach to the community. Sons of Korah took a packed auditorium on a musical journey through the Psalms. Our Chinese congregation has been challenged to read the Bible in 88 days with weekly quizzes on the passages read. Youth held a quiz night for the church as a fundraiser.