En route to PNG

 It has been good to have the Crouch family worshipping with us for the past few weeks. 

Esther grew up as part of the LCBC family, with her parents, sister and brother.

Mark and Esther met in 2002 while working aboard the Anastasis, a charity hospital run by Mercy Ships.  Since that time Esther has finished her nurse's training at University of Nottingham and Mark has completed medical school and specialty training as a GP.

In 2011 they visited Kudjip Mission Hospital in Papua New Guinea for one month and since that time they have felt God call them to return to Papua New Guinea to work at Kudjip.

Now with two young children, Anna and Levi, and a third on the way, they prepare to leave for PNG at the end of 2013. Mark will work in the hospital helping to care for any and all problems - from delivering babies to working in the Emergency department.  Esther will continue home-schooling their children and expects their third child in March 2014.

Please consider in prayer the transitions their family will go through as they move to Papua New Guinea.  Also lift up the work of the hospital and the ministry that it will provide to the people in the surrounding area.

To learn more and follow their story, visit their blog.

Progress report

As we get down to the last few weeks of work it's great to see the internal building work progressing

Wiring is being completed

Plaster is going on the walls

The balcony is taking shape

We can now plan the process of moving back into the premises at the end of the year.  We thank God for getting us to this point, and pray for the final weeks to go smoothly.

Beaks and feathers

In the book of Isaiah, we hear about the habitats of many animals and birds, including owls and falcons. This week, Adventurers were delighted to receive a visit from Wheatley Birds of Prey.

The children learned about what they eat, how fast they can fly and how wide their wings are.

 

 

Clive and Jane were surprised how much some of the children already knew about the birds.

  

  

The children got to see and handle several birds including a falcon, a hawk named Charlie, a barn owl called Pepper, and a Bengal owl named Ted.

 

Some of the birds at the centre have been adopted from animal rescue centres.

  

You can learn more about them at wheatleybirdsofprey.com