Katharine and Dan Harris have recently returned from doing a Stride placement in Ecuador. Here, Katharine looks at some of their work with children at risk, working with Niños con Destino. ‘Childhood is for study and play, not for work’. That’s the slogan of Niños con Destino (Children with a Future), the foundation where we … Continued
Ning Ma, a 27-year-old doctor from Leicester, did a Stride placement at the Hospital Militar in Colombia, experiencing things she would never have done in her entire career in the UK: ‘This afternoon, a 23-year-old soldier came in with his extremities hanging off. I helped amputate his leg in the operating theatre.’ Ning’s latest experience during a … Continued
Tim and Hannah Flatman have been applying the concept of integral mission in Brazil, working alongside a local church and a non-governmental organisation. Mission is not just about saving souls and planting churches. Yes, these are important, but mission is more than that: it’s about joining in with what God is already doing in reconciling … Continued
St Mark’s has supported global mission for many years. Like many churches this was based around giving away ten per cent of church income to overseas mission organisations, holding special mission services, and running a prayer group to pray for the people and organisations we supported. I suspect that like many churches we found it … Continued
Following the worst forest fires in its history, the Chile team has issued the following update: Many of you will have seen the news about the forest fires that have been affecting large areas of central and southern Chile over the last two weeks and that are ongoing. We are thankful to God that none of … Continued
Latin Link has appointed its next International Team Leader (ITL). He is Paul Turner, who is currently the Team Leader for Latin Link Peru. Paul will formally take over the role from current ITL Alan Tower in February 2018, but will work increasingly alongside Alan during 2017. Paul and his wife Ruth commented: ‘We both … Continued
Many of the children and young people that Tim and Hannah Flatman work with are having their lives and values changed by Jesus: It’s been an exciting few weeks at CADI (Centro de Assist?ncia e Desenvolvimento Integral – ‘Centre for Integral Assistance and Development’) in north-east Brazil. As the CADI team reaches out to the … Continued
The holiday season brought plenty of work for Dan and Katharine Harris, as they helped over 70 children through a summer camp in Quito, Ecuador. Katharine reports: These last couple of months have been a busy time at the Niños con Destino (Children with Destiny) project, as over 70 children aged 5–18 years attended our … Continued
A successful Paralympic Games has just ended. Brenda Darke, who works with people with disabilities across Latin America, helps us to think through what we have seen: What lessons can the church learn from the Paralympics about caring for people with disabilities? If you’ve been watching the Paralympics as I have then you will have … Continued