January 2026 Our year started off with an invitation to speak at Christchurch of the Nazarene in Christchurch, New Zealand, located on the South Island. (See pictures below of our excursion day.) Pastor Lanz Anoa’i Tutuila was our host, along with his wife Luse. Cindy preached a sermon on “Recovering our Direction for Holiness”. Praise … Read more
Recovering our Direction for Holiness
by Cindy Shomo North Matt. 2: 1-12 If you take a moment to look far off in the distance, I believe you will see a speck beginning to dot the early morning horizon of a sand-covered desert dune. There are several people traveling together on camels, which is not so common in winter months. They … Read more
Circumnavigation of Australia
Last December – 2024 – Cindy and I left Brisbane and the Nazarene Theological College (NTC) in Thornlands area to drive to Perth by Christmas. By the beginning of LENT in March 2025 we drove North from Perth to get to Broome, where there was interest in planting a church. Over the months we have … Read more
HAPPY THANKSGIVING from BROOME, Western Australia
November began with a visit from our ANZ (Australia/New Zealand) field leader, Rev. Satish Manmothe. The Broome Church of the Nazarene Leadership team gathered on Saturday the 1st for a time of strategy and planning. With temperatures reaching the high 80’s f (30+ c) and heavy humidity by 9am, meeting inside with aircon or late … Read more
APNTS Student Scholarship Campaign
October began, for Cindy and I in the US, where I completed a seven-campus tour of all Nazarene sister Universities to promote the Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary’s (APNTS) Study Abroad program. The desire of APNTS is to host 10 students a term who would come and study on the APNTS Manila Campus in person. … Read more
Ministry Mates
32 years married on October 9, 2025… Rob and I were both single through most and all of our 20s, so marriage came as a surprise and blessing to me as I am the older of this duo. It was shortly before meeting Rob that I went through a major burn-out in ministry in LA … Read more
Pray for Matthew and Siobhan Taylor
We were sharing together on holiness from Romans 12:1-2 the first Sunday in September which was Father’s Day in Australia. It was a joy to fellowship more during lunch after our worship time. Please pray for Matthew and Siobhan Taylor (children…Mariah and Abby) who are young and yet have calling and gifts to preach and … Read more
Pan-Wesleyan Connections
God has also been connecting us to the larger pan-Wesleyan sisters and brothers. In May after attending the Awakening Project (Wesleyan Holiness based) gathering in Wilmore, KY at the campus of Asbury University, Cindy felt the tug of the Spirit to ask the leadership there if they might consider bringing this “Awakening Project,” focused on … Read more
Journey to Noonkanbah in Yungngora Community
Morning Dawns on the Noonkanbah in Yungngora Community, a 4.5 hour drive East into the Kimberley’s from Broome. Pastor Jongil arranged to have a weekend training in this Aboriginal area with Christ followers he has known for many years. The pastor in this area of the Kimberley’s has passed away and they are praying for … Read more
JULY 2025 – Christian Aboriginal Leaders Meet During the ARISE Asia Pacific Regional Conference
We had a wonderful time of prayer and visioning as Christian Aboriginal Leaders from Broome (Mark, Mathew and Siobhan) and Melbourne (Patrick and Jo) gathered in Manila during the ARISE Regional Conference for Asia Pacific. Our Regional Director, Kafoa, and Australia/New Zealand Field Strategy Coordinator, Satish, graciously invited this group to come together for a … Read more
July 2025 Updates
AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND FIELD Our assignment, being only one of two missionary couples on the ANZ Field, means we have to wear more than one HAT!! One of those additional hats is to host Work and Witness Teams. (now called Nazarene TEAMS) so….. In JULY we helped host the Joplin District Team who spent over two … Read more