OCEANIA MISSIONS FOCUS: MISSIONS PREPARATION

"I am so glad to see hundreds of church members in Oceania responded toward local, national and international missions during the recent Oceania convention in Brisbane. Hence, I would like to share some important steps to help leaders and members to prepare themselves for missions." May Cheung

Hope Oceania Missions Focus Video.

Study & research.

Start researching about the country or city God has placed upon your heart. Find out about their culture, their history, and their people. Befriend the people of that country in your local area.

Train yourself.

• Grow and diligently train yourself in your character, skills and knowledge to be ready to go onto the mission field.
  

• Be accountable to your shepherd and leader in your growth process. Complete a Church Planters Assessment (available from missions@hopebrisbane.com) to identify areas of your strengths and weaknesses.

• Be a student of their culture and start learning the language as soon as possible, as it takes time to acquire a new language.

Explore the land

Go visit the country or city either for an exploration trip or a holiday. Start to identify entry vehicles for yourself into the country.

Pray

Commit all your plans to God. Prov 16:3 “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” Pray and trust in God’s timing and preparation. Pray for your personal growth and preparation. Intercede for the needs of the city or country.

Church planting in Oceania

• Hope Wollongong (NSW) started their outreach service on 4 May 2008.
  
• Hope Darebin, Frankston, Ourimbah, Gold Coast, Katanning, and Mandurah are going on strong in the local missions efforts.

International Missions Updates…

1) Exploration to Papua New Guinea (22nd Sept - 3rd Oct, 2008)



Hope Oceania will be sending out our first 2 exploration teams to the South Pacific Islands in the next 3 months, as we aim to pioneer churches there in the near future. Hope Melbourne will be sending a team to Papua New Guinea.

2) Exploration to Fiji (29th Oct to 5th Nov, 2008)



Hope Brisbane is sending a team to Fiji. Please keep the teams in prayer as we embark on this very exciting journey. If you have friends in PNG and Fiji, please contact missions@hopebrisbane.com.

Reaching locally & globally,

May Cheung
Hope Oceania Mission Manager

Philippines Missions Report




Norma & Terry from Hope Brisbane went to Philippines for 6 months missions trip. Watch their video interview and read exciting missions report...

Philippines Missions Video Interview

We have returned from the Philippines within the last two weeks of the mission trip, my wife and me. All the things you gave us: the clothes, the glasses, and the many things we received from KFC - the children really appreciated it. Even I did some face painting with the gifts we received.




Hi! I’m Norma, I just came back from the Philippines, and I’m so just so happy that we served God over there. In obedience, we went and shared the Gospel, taught the Word of God, and blessed the people and children too with the money the church gave us.

• Over 270 children were blessed; we bought some bag packs, school uniforms and were giving away balloons and other objects that were given to the church. There were also personal things to bless the people with desperate needs.
  

I really encourage you to come with us; the youth in the Philippines need to receive ministering as well. I really encourage you to come with us, we really in desperate need of youth to be ministered as well.

God has just been blessing us.

• There were 331 people came to Christ.
  
• Over 200 bibles have been given to the people
  

and also people are looking forward to their own church, to bless the people, and also to just be a blessing and just to give hope to the people.



Hope Manila is sending some people down in 2010. We are looking forward to have our own church in this region; to have a community centre, where all needs of the people from all different age groups are catered for.

By Terry & Norma