Devonport Helps Adventist Education Work in Madang-Manus Mission
To further the partnership between the Tasmanian Conference and the Madang Manus Mission, Devonport church members collected items of educational value to send to the 18 Mission schools in the Madang Province in PNG. The donations were packaged and fastened to a pallet, which has now arrived in Madang. These are now being distributed to the schools, many of which do not have road access.
A big thank-you to the church members who contributed cash and goods to this program and to our God whose blessings have been very much in evidence. There are almost 4000 students in SDA Mission schools in the Madang Province, many of them having to finish their schooling at year 8, as there is no pathway in the Mission system for them to continue to year 12.
The conference-wide offering collected earlier in the year has resulted in just over $20,000 being sent to Madang to help build new classrooms at Panim as part of the development of this site as the senior high school boarding facility, eventually catering for up to 600 students. A submission prepared by Bob Walker and presented to the Department of National Planning and Monitoring in Port Moresby by the Mission President, Pr Garry Laukei, has resulted in a further $75,000 being allocated to this project this year. Not much, considering the development that is required, but an encouraging start.
A big thank-you to all who have contributed to this point and we will endeavour to keep you in touch with things as they unfold.
Adrian Smith, Devonport Church
