Returning to Liquiça, we are blessed by another welcoming. A red banner hung over the door way said in Portuguese: “Welcome to Pastor Robert Benn, General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Australia.” (A battlefield promotion, to be sure.) More flower petals, and our stoles carry the woven name of the Christian Church Liquiça. First …
Our vehicle is stopped. We have just heard the praises of God sung on the roof of East Timor while we looked down on the tops of clouds. Now our return journey is stymied by a van with a flat tire blocking a very narrow road. Flexibility. But more of that later. Last night after …
We checked in at Darwin airport just after 4.00am. The flight arrived in Dili at 6.45am local time. We were met by Arlindo Marcal and a small company of locals. As a welcome we were each presented with hand-made stoles emblazoned the flag and name of East Timor. The welcome team took us to the …
As mentioned yesterday, here is the proposed itinerary for our trip. Purpose: to encourage a newly emerging Presbyterian church; to respond to a call to help from the nearest Presbyterian Church to our shores (East Timor’s capital Dili is closer to Darwin than Melbourne is to Sydney); to investigate the possibility of formally entering into …
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