Followers of Jesus in different contexts share what it means for them to join with God in mending a beautiful, broken world.

Jimmy | Queensland

“One way that our church is joining with God in His mending work is through a food pantry. We are walking alongside people who are hurting and what they really need – what we all crave – is relationship, connection and love. And so food is just the start. It has become a way of bringing about that connection we all need.”

Rachel | Cambodia

“The limited understanding about disability in Cambodia means that it is often linked with feelings of guilt, shame and isolation. At our Language of the Heart clinic, one parent shared that her extended family question why she continues to try and teach her son. It is a blessing to be able to spend time with this mum, listening to her challenges, encouraging her as she perseveres and celebrating the gains her son is making. Visits are just as important for her as they are for her son. We get to share God’s love with both of them.”

Suzanne | Silk Road Area

“One of the ways that God mends this world is through us relating to one another. We‘re made for community! Over the past year, it’s been really exciting to be able to deepen relationships with my fitness group, my neighbours up the road, local believing friends, and my culture and language nurturer. Pray for her as she helps me communicate here and is open to talking about stories of Jesus.”

Villy | Thailand

“I am inspired by how Jesus meets people where they are, and so our Beauty and Beyond ministry is now mobile. Instead of the women coming to me, I now provide free hair services in the communities wherever we go. This is such a heart-warming ministry to me. As I cut women’s hair, we talk. And I sometimes get the privilege of co-mending with the Holy Spirit in mending broken relationships back to God.”

I want to see all my contacts have the love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control which only comes from Him. I am seeing God at work through the relationships I am building. It’s not like they have said, “Thank you Marg, I’m following Jesus now”, but I get told of my attributes which I know come from the Holy Spirit. I trust He is working in their hearts.”

Paul | New South Wales

“It’s such a privilege to be able to come alongside international students at Macquarie University. Every Monday afternoon, we play sports with the students and then have dinner together. On Tuesday we offer lunch, and across the week we meet up with students to talk about life and faith. Through all this, we are endeavouring to show hospitality, build relationships and share the love of Jesus through word and deed.”

Liz | Thailand

“God has placed a new Thai friend in our path, and she is now using her professional background to help us run an income generation project with some of the local believers. We keep learning that as we follow God and respond to His invitation to be co-menders, we can trust that He will never leave us unequipped.”

Nathan | Victoria

“I have found that co-mending with God is often simply about being present. Our church has established a space for disadvantaged people in our community to come and experience hospitality and belonging. We host lunches, events and recently built a community garden. However, the most important thing we do is simply be present. Every time we show up, we build trust.”

Melanie | Malawi

“I was sitting with a group of Yawo women and we were talking about God’s Word. We were listening to what God says about forgiveness and one of the women sat there wide eyed and said, ‘Do you mean this is real for us? God forgives me if I forgive other people? If that’s the case, we need to stop. I need to go home!’ And so she just left the group and went home straight away and restored relationships! She asked for forgiveness, she apologised and she made things right. It was just like how Zacchaeus immediately made things right after he spent time with Jesus. It was amazing and I was dumbfounded! I felt convicted and so honoured that I got to be part of this journey of restoration and mending.”