pastors – Margaret Reeson

33. The new Bible School, Mendi 1962

John Rees’ Bible School began yesterday and John is thrilled as a kid about it. It is very exciting. Margaret Higman, letter to parents May 1962 The men asked me, ‘Can we go and talk to our people about the things we have learned?’ John Rees, Missionary Review, August 1962 When John and Gwenda ReesContinue reading “33. The new Bible School, Mendi 1962”

24. Practical ministries of education and health, 1960

We did not understand the meaning of school, so many of the boys left and went back to the village, only a few of us continued. That doesn’t mean we knew the meaning of it either, but we wanted to stay with the mission because it was better than living in the village. Dabuma, 1970Continue reading “24. Practical ministries of education and health, 1960”

23 Hope, disappointment and new hope, 1960

Our missionaries are doing a great job but, if their numbers were doubled, they would only be touching the fringe of this field. Rev Harry Bartlett, visitor to Highlands on behalf of MOM 1960 The cutting edge of the church’s advance is the witness and work of the island missionaries. Missionary Review March 1958 TheContinue reading “23 Hope, disappointment and new hope, 1960”

Pastors from coastal regions in the Highlands

Pastors from other regions of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were in the first survey team in 1950. Men and their families have left their home regions in New Guinea Islands, Papuan Islands, Bougainville and Solomon Islands. They contributed to the church in the Highlands with love and sacrifice from the beginning. ThisContinue reading “Pastors from coastal regions in the Highlands”

04. Memories of Mrs Grace Young, 1951

Mendi 1950-51 While Rev Gordon Young was busy establishing a new mission in Mendi, his wife Grace Young was also preparing to join him. At first, she had to wait while her husband went ahead. Gordon and Grace Young had been working in Namatanai Circuit on New Ireland with the Methodist Church since the endContinue reading “04. Memories of Mrs Grace Young, 1951”