Recently, the Introduction to Primary Health Care school (IPHC) had the opportunity to experience first-hand the greatest miracle of all: life. While helping to attend to patients at Saint Margaret’s hospital, a woman in labour was admitted. The IPHC team, alongside hospital staff, attended to the woman. After gathering her medical history, the hospital administrator [...]

Skateboarding was born out of a positive place of activism in the 1940’s and 50’s when a couple of restless Californian surfers were bored with their flat, lifeless sea. Looking for some fun, they seized upon the idea of a surfing alternative; ‘sidewalk surfing’, saving them from the boring wait for the waves to come [...]

As the M/V Pacific Link prepares to set sail at the beginning of next month, training school leader, Helen Middleton, shares her vision for the 2013 Ship Discipleship Training School (DTS). Helen sees the upcoming school as a chance to ‘break into new things’. With the opportunity to visit new locations in Papua New Guinea, [...]

One of the main things that inspires me is helping to bring purpose to those who are seeking something more, who are hurting and wondering, to those perceived as purposeless. I think sometimes we pair these characteristics with people faraway from us and ‘normal’ society, living on the outskirts. However, the statistics are startling and [...]

On Friday we got to celebrate with the October DTS as they graduated from their school, it was a morning full of celebration and fun as we recalled some of the highlights from the past 21 weeks. If you were unable to join us on the day, here is the video for you to enjoy. [...]

Going on outreach is an experience that is truly like no other. Throughout my life, I have found that the closer I am to deprivation, desperation and destruction the more I realize that I am an oxymoron. I am pried out of my own skin, pushed to do things I have never done before and [...]