Annual Report 2012 – compressed - York St Church of Christ

D & M LYDEAMOREtheir own community development initiatives and manywould be from the Christian relief and developmentorganisations like TEAR, World Vision, Compassion,Baptist World Aid etc. Our girls started teaching Sunday school and alsoinvolved in the music team)NATHAN & CLAIRE: INDIA2011-2012 Activities: Sept/ Oct 2011, organised a training2011, involved in the process of purchasing and thenpreparing a new GA8 aircraft for service in PNG In addition to the MAF aircraft maintained at theMareeba facility, we recently established anagreement to provide the ongoing maintenanceresources and support to remote stations andcommunities. (http://www.flyingbibleman.com/index.php/about-joomla). Mareeba continues toprovide the maintenance support for the local Unitinghttp://www.mckaypatrol.ucaqld.com.au/aboutMJZ.aspx Involved in the induction training of several groups ofnew staff (pilots and engineers) going through theirfinal preparation before starting with MAF Involved in MAF stand/ display at the recent air showat Mareeba. Able to share the way that God is usingMAF/ MAF staff to support isolated communities. In the last quarter alone (Apr-Jun 2012), MAF in theAsia Pacific Region transported 1,293 passengersdirectly involved in church work and evangelism for429 different organisations, including Pacific IslandsMinistries, Samaritans Purse, Pioneer BibleTranslators and Pioneers as well as small indigenousorganisations and local churches including localindigenous churches.FAMILY:Jacobexceptional as his sister.Abby:seem to have been answered and she has started to eatthrough the mouth. This is very encouraging!Ps 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, sothe LORD has compassion on those who fear him.Nathan: I am blessed to be able to continue the work, orat least hold ground, via the following links. I speak tosomeone from these programs each week and emailthem multiple times. Being in Australia is strategic as itallows me to share about the work of the Christianprograms and help them apply for funding from AusAID,it has nearly doubled in the last couple of years.The biggest growth area has been in our disabilityand health training programs. A further 1,859 passengers were flown in support ofrural health programs, including many working forchurch-run rural medical services, in addition to manyhundreds of kilograms of medical supplies to healthclinics, aid-posts and rural hospitals. 1,806 passengers were flown in support of educationand training in remote areas. Many rural schools in thedeveloping world are provided through the efforts ofchurches and missions. 12,703 passengers were flown for relief anddevelopment services. Some of these would begovernment workers, some local people involved in271. Disability:We are helping the Cluster programs to undertakedisability work and make sure that each of their programsincludes people with disability. Showing disabled peopleis transformative. Responding to disability requires anintegrated approach in India as usually kids with disabilityare outcasts, a shame on the family and are often left todie. Bringing value to such vulnerable lives involveschallenging the religious beliefs as well as providing basicservices and therapy through our health workers andeyes.