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Future PNG leaders on track for marathon - Greg

10 June 2015
Future PNG leaders on track for marathon - Greg

Six young people from Papua New Guinea – who have been identified as future leaders in their country – are in training for the Gold Coast Airport Marathon on 4-5 July as part of The Salvation Army's Hope and a Future program.

The program – piloted in 2014 by the Australia Eastern Territory – gives PNG nationals the opportunity to be mentored in leadership skills. The program is modelled around four key pillars – faith, fitness, education and leadership.

Over the next few weeks in the lead-up to the marathon, we will meet some of these participants and hear their stories.

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Greg, 23, who attends the Hohola church in South Central Division of PNG, will be taking part in the 42km marathon.

He is studying a Certificate III in Information and Digital Media Technology and hopes to become a specialist in this area.

“In our Christian walk of life we are running toward the finish line. To finish the race is the challenging part that helps me today to keep running on the track that God has made for me. I am so grateful to God for giving me this awesome opportunity,” he says.

After the marathon, Greg will attend EQUIP, where he will take part in sessions relating to music and tech production to assist him in his roles in youth ministry and the worship team at his church in PNG. 

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