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HARVESTFORCE 2021 • 2
TIMOR-LESTE
By His Grace, GROW IN L.O.V.E. G
rowing in love is expected of those who have experienced the grace of God in their lives. The students of St Paul Methodist School (SPMS) have been no exception, for the grace of God has abounded upon each of them in many ways, especially amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As love should be shown not only with words but with actions and in truth (1 John 3:18), the school embarked on SPMS L.O.V.E. Projects 2020, in the hope of growing the students in Leadership, Obedience, Vision, and Excellence.
David Chan Country Director of Timor-Leste. He is an MMS Missionary from Aldersgate Methodist Church. He is also the director of St Paul Methodist School (Timor-Leste), which was founded in 2016.
Growing in Leadership: Dignity Project
SPMS’s Dignity Project was conducted in partnership with Liman Hamutuk, a rehabilitation centre for the disabled started by a Brazilian missionary, Pastor Branca. The project saw the students planning and running three days of activities for participants who are wheelchair-bound, have Down’s syndrome, are mute, or have other disabilities. Choosing suitable activities to involve these individuals in required the students to be sensitive to their needs and abilities. This is L.O.V.E.! To LEAD is to serve the needs of people. Growing in Obedience: Garden Project
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the April 2021 issue of Methodist Message.
The Garden Project took the students to a farm about a 20-minute drive away from school. Under the hot afternoon sun, the students were put to work on the farmland. For three days, they pulled out weeds, tilled the ground, and planted kangkong seeds
