BY LES LOADER
On the 23rd of December, Les Marsh entered the presence of the Lord. I imagine he heard words similar to, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your master’(Matt 25:21).
Tomorrow, Friday, 7th January, his family will hold a funeral service for Les. You can join by live stream at 11:00am (NZ time), or 8:00am in PNG. You can access this by clicking on https://www.baystream.media/leslie-marsh .
Les Marsh was a friend of many in PNG. He was known as a man keen to train others to love and follow Jesus. He knew that disciples of the Lord Jesus needed to be people who read and understand the Bible.
Starting in 1974, he taught at the Baibel Tisa Trening Skul in Amanab for many years. He worked beside Nanau Susuma. Les was the teacher of many CBC church leaders who are now old men in the Sepik and Hela provinces. During this time he produced a complete set of Baibel Tisa commentaries which were read and loved by people who liked reading.
He served as the Chairman of Directors of Christian Books Melanesia for many years.
Most people in PNG will remember Lesmas as a friend who loved them and taught them to follow Jesus. He was supported in ministry by his wife Hazel who went ahead of him to heaven. (Picture 1st Jan 2013)
His funeral will celebrate many other aspects of his life as a servant of the Lord. In New Zealand he worked with Everyboys and Girls Rally and as the manager of the Gospel Publishing House. He was a ready writer of poems, tracts, devotionals and Bible teaching materials.
He lived for almost 101 years and followed the Lord Jesus for 89 years.
Les showed us how to live humbly and courageously and how to work energetically and diligently. He was a personal friend, encourager and a person who prayed for our family. I enjoyed working with him for many years, and have sought to keep encouraging his friends in PNG still labouring for the Lord Jesus, putting into effect the many lessons they learned from Lesmas.
Thank you Lord for Lesmas!
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