Bev and Trevor (SA) in Sri Lanka

(photo: boys from House of Hope, with cow to provide milk for the residents)

Bev and Trevor have been serving as volunteers in northern Sri Lanka for several years. Amongst other things they have offered vital support for relief work after the tsunami, medical care for people in outlying villages, accommodation and support for aged people as well as for children and young people with disabilities. They write:

'We continue with the hospital renovation and to care for the Elders and the children of House of Hope (young people with physical and intellectual disabilities). We have power when the curfew is lifted for several hours a day. The vocational training program we began a few months ago for some of our boys provides us with some supplies, so we are hoping to keep everyone in our care healthy for as long as we can'.

Let us give birth to the unexpected
So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge
Believe that a farther shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles and cures and healing wells.
From Seamus Heaney Cure of Troy

For more information about the People in Mission program, contact Kathy Periera, People in Mission Coordinator, Ph 02 8267 4230, kathyp@nat.uca.org.au