What do PIM returnees do?

Neil (WA) - second from right - spent several months in 2005 as a volunteer in the Diocese of Madras, South India, helping out in a boys' hostel and in the local school. He returned to Australia and amongst other things started theological study and a period of discernment. More recently he has been working as a Project Officer with a property lobby group, working on submissions and policy documents. Mel (pictured on the right) also spent several months in 2005 as a volunteer in the Diocese of Madras, based part time in a girls hostel at Kollagunta and part time in Pannur pre-school for children in a remote, poor village. She returned to Australia 12 months ago, and completed TESOL course in 2006. She is currently in Melbourne completing a course at Wycliffe with the aim for a placement in Africa working alongside Bible translators at some stage in the future.

To find out more about being a volunteer through People in Mission, contact Kathy Periera, People in Mission Coordinator, 02 8267 4230, kathyp@nat.uca.org.au