Village takes in visiting pastor
The National, Thursday May 1st, 2014
By JENNIFER NKUI
REVEREND David Aingimea, the general superintendent of the Assemblies of God in Nauru, was made a life member of the Manamb community in Ambunti, East Sepik.
Aingimea, originally from Nauru, was at the Avatip village for the Easter convention last month when the membership was bestowed on him.
He was made a warrior for Jesus and a life member of the community for making his first visit to the village and the district with the gospel.
Aingimea’s associate Rev Morley Thoma and Pr Lyndon Westbrook were given the same recognition as well for going to the village and the district with the gospel.
Spokesperson Simon Kalinoe thanked the three for going to their humble village at the opening night of the convention.
“Your visit with the gospel will assist our village in many ways because you came from a faraway land,” he said.
“Your visit from another island in the Pacific is God-sent to assist our people to turn to God.
Aingimea, Westbrook and Thoma told the people that it was homecoming for them while Thoma was making his first missionary journey to the village and the country.
The convention or gospel rally was held from April 17 to 22 under the theme “Rebuilding Broken Walls”.
Westbrook, who was invited to speak at the Easter convention, instructed the students to follow the ways of God to be successful in anything they intended to do, even in their education.
“Young people at this age in time need God in order to make the village and society a better place for everyone,” he said.
“The current generation at school will make a difference in the village, the society and the country.”
Westbrook warned the students to avoid the influence of modern media on mobile phones and internet.
A lawyer by profession, Aingimea told the students that excellence in education came from hard work.
“Competing with the white man is not easy but I made it through hard work and you can do it too,” he said.
Aingimea and Westbrook were both born in PNG when their parents were missionaries in the country.