It is not often that missionaries travel to predominantly
Christian nations to share the good word.
But the Chang family from Seoul, Korea have done just that.
Chul Ho Chang (52) and his wife Myung Syn (48), daughter Eun
Syl (24) and son Eun Chong (22) are in Otago to establish
Christian churches for Japanese residents.
Mr Chang said his family spent six years doing missionary
work in Japan.
During a holiday in New Zealand, they noticed there was only
one Japanese Christian church in the South Island - in
Christchurch.
So they decided to move to New Zealand to establish more
Japanese Christian churches.
Mr Chang said in the past 10 years, his family had
established Japanese Christian churches in Queenstown and
Dunedin, and were now looking to expand into Oamaru and
Timaru.
The family's love of the people and the culture in New
Zealand meant they planned to continue living and working in
New Zealand for the foreseeable future, and decided to make
their residency more permanent.
They were among 29 people from around the world who swore
allegiance to the Queen before Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin at a
New Zealand citizenship ceremony in the Glenroy Auditorium
this week.
Immigrants who became New Zealand citizens were: Sarah Ann
Carr (Canada); Chul Ho, Myung Syn, Eun Syl and Eun Chong
Chang (Korea); Wilma Mary Cushen (Canada); Cathleen Hauman
(South Africa); Sinavaiuli Leasi (Samoa); Jonathan Wade, Anna
Lauren and Samuel Stuart Leichter (United States); Bozena
Anna McFarlane (Germany); Richard Alistair and Lesley Joanne
Mooney (Britain); Sarbani and Imone Mukhopadhyay (India);
Mustafa Laith Mustafa (Iraq); Helen Lee Nortje (Britain);
Marie-Michelle Ouellette-Sullivan (Canada); Eun Ah Park
(Korea); Dimple Chiman Lal Parmar (Fiji); Michael Pinfold
(Britain); Alvin Nugraha Setiawan (Indonesia); Jasmine Chek
Meen Lai (Malaysia); Colin James Stevens (Britain); Dan
Szostak (Canada); Valerie Anne Tong (Britain); Simon Benedict
Watson (Britain) and Teresa Woods (Britain).
john.lewis@odt.co.nz
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