The author, a librarian and Volunteer in Mission from the diocese of Montreal, is working at Newton Theological College, in Papua New Guinea. She describes a powerful speaker at the College. "Fr. Nicholas (Anglican priest) from Zimbabwe, who was doing a training workshop on AIDS/HIV. This man is training church people and teachers by telling them about the Zimbabwean experience: how the church shut its eyes and ears to the virus, refused to talk about the sexual connection, refused to endorse the use of condoms and now is reaping the awful harvest of those decisions". She also describes how garbage disposal is handled at the College and the concern that the College has polluted a local water source. She will soon start teaching an advanced English course for the wives of students.
The author, a librarian and Volunteer in Mission from the diocese of Montreal, is working at Newton Theological College, in Papua New Guinea. In this article she describes her travel to the Papua New Guinea, initial stay with Bishop Peter Fox of Port Moresby and first impressions of the college. In Port Moresby she visited Anglicare, "a wonderful AIDS project", "where non-judgmental assessment and counseling if given, and which is involved in intense education work around the issue of AIDS.
"How thrilled I was when the Gifts for Mission booklet fell out of my September [2011] 'Anglican Journal' ! It is about time that our own gift catalogue was distributed thus. I will certainly make use of it. Thank you !" [Text of entire article.]