In God's providence, one opportunity for ministry is often used to enrich another.
My wife and I were on our way to visit the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship in Papua New Guinea and Pacific Students for Christ in Fiji (both IFES-related movements like the British UCCF, but in countries we had never visited before, and about which we knew we were ignorant).
On the way we visited two other IFES-related fellowships in Australia and New Zealand. This was significant because the principals, both of the Bible College of Victoria and of New Zealand, happen to be past principals of the Christian Workers Training College in Papua New Guinea, and were happy to brief us on mistakes to avoid. John Hitchen, in particular, had researched and written extensively about mission in the South Pacific. They opened our eyes to some forgotten church history.
