A LIFE-CHANGING MINISTRY
19-Feb-2010

Fiji is again blessed to host the life-changing work of independent
missionaries, Peter and Susan Kingston.

In October and November of last year, (English) Peter and (French)
Susan worked in the Caribbean/West Indies conducting drug awareness
programs in schools.

This has been a central part of their missionary work in recent years.

The couple spent the final six weeks of their Caribbean mission on the
island of Dominica—depending as they do on the kindness of their many
global supporters.

After starting out in the village of Calibishie, they moved on to the
Dominican capital of Roseau, where after untangling the necessary
government paperwork for their mission, the couple were able to launch
into their full-time ministry in the schools in conjunction with the
National Drug Abuse Prevention Unit in the Dominican Ministry of
Health.

The Unit also enabled Peter and Susan to gain access to the State
Prison where drug problems are also rife.

‘For those outside the Caribbean, it might seem like we were visiting
paradise, but in fact the Caribbean’s proximity to the Latin American
drug cartels and the big US drug market has brought them major
problems’.

‘Crack cocaine is widespread and marijuana use is common – even at
Primary school level!’

Peter notes further that ‘as with other Caribbean islands, Dominica’s
crime rate has shot up in recent years, with much of it linked to
rival drug gangs’

This year, Peter and Susan have returned to Fiji to continue work they
have already begun here in past years and to further the kind of work
they are involved with in the Caribbean.

‘Our basic program consists of quickly introducing our missionary work
and then recounting some of our own experiences as teenagers with
heavy smoking, marijuana, alcohol and LSD’. Peter and Susan also show
DVDs about smoking & drug abuse.

‘The videos are an excellent resource for giving at-risk teenagers an
overview of the dangers associated with alcohol, cannabis and crack
cocaine’.

‘Another video deals dramatically with the perils of smoking and
graphically portrays the effects of lung cancer, mouth cancer and
other diseases directly linked to smoking’.

‘What makes the DVDs very effective is that they are full of real life
testimonies and examples that young people can relate to’, Peter and
Susan add.

Those interested in assisting the vital ministry of Peter and Susan in
Fiji can reach them at pacificoutreach@yahoo.fr Their postal address
is: Pacific Outreach, PO Box 15153,
Suva, Fiji Islands.