Kangaroo Ground

Morris and I will be leaving tomorrow for the SIL Pacific Area meetings (July 28-Aug.3) at Kangaroo Ground, the SIL center outside of Melbourne.  I've been asked to attend these meetings since I've taken on an additional role as the Pacific Area Vocational Advisor.  I will be the contact person for those in the US who are interested in learning more about the work, strategies and needs in the Pacific area.  This seems like a good fit since we served in Papua New Guinea for 14 years and visited Vanuatu last November so Morris could complete a consultant check for the Gospel of Luke in the Whitesands language (http://vanuatuvisit.blogspot.com/2009/11/vanuatu.html).

This role also fits well with my current role in Recruitment Ministries and I'm hoping that this will help people find their role and calling in the task of Bible translation in the Pacific.  Morris is coming along to present Wycliffe USA's new short term program called the Global Service Program. http://www.wycliffe.org/Go/GSP.aspx  It's currently only opened to teachers but it will be expanded to other vocations soon.

Since there over 200 openings in the Pacific Area (Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Micronesia,  Australia and New Zealand), there is much to be done in getting the word out about the needs and then the joy is watching the Lord meet those needs. 

Come along with me and see what God is doing!