Portswood Church visit the Islands
Recently, a small team from Portswood Church in Southampton went to visit and spend time alongside Heather on the Indian Ocean Islands.
AIM Location: Indian Ocean Islands
These beautiful tropical islands are 99.9% Muslim and for security reasons we refer to this area as the Indian Ocean Islands rather than naming individual islands. Islam is deeply rooted on these islands and to be an islander is to be a Muslim. There are a small number of believers on each island but many follow Jesus secretly for fear of rejection and persecution.
Political instability and a lack of natural resources has left these islands underdeveloped, and all our teams serve islanders in areas such as education and medical work. The work is slow, but God is building his church here, and we wait in faith for the day when we see small groups of believers springing up across the islands, worshipping God in their own language, strong and unified, boldly speaking of the hope that they have to all around them!
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Lucy Sudworth is serving in Mayotte. Her main role is to homeschool some of the children of the missionaries on the island. Homeschooling enables other team members to carry out their ministry while she is able to spend quality time with the children.
How do you share the gospel on an Indian Ocean island?
Kay lives and works in a remote village on an Indian Ocean Island, seeking to share the gospel through her healthcare work.
A door for the gospel
F* has recently joined a team serving in the Islands. He shares how teaching English to the Islanders is opening doors to share the gospel.
Life on an Indian Ocean island
We asked Amelia what’s it’s like to live on an Indian Ocean island and to seek to share the gospel there.
Serving the community in Mayotte
Christoff & Sarah Power share about their work in Mayotte and the hope they have that in working with the community, they can demonstrate Jesus and tell of his good news.
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