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Hannah is the Child Safety Officer for AIM. The language school where she serves in Kenya restarts next week. This last month over the Easter holiday, she has been praying about whether to continue at the school each Wednesday or to explore opportunities to engage Muslim women in her own neighbourhood, rather than travelling across the busy city. Please pray for her as a couple of new options have come up which may be a good fit. Also, a woman who had previously worked with Hannah is coming to Nairobi to look into outreach work, and some of her time will be at the same language school. Ask that their time together may produce fruitful conversations as they seek the Lord’s guidance.
Simon seeks to build relationships with African diaspora in the UK as part of the Borderless team. On Tuesday mornings, he volunteers at a local Refugee Day Centre. The Centre serves the needs of the local refugee and asylum seeker population; last year 940 adults from 61 countries of origin and their wider families received support. Pray for Simon as he has weekly contact with people from many different backgrounds and faiths, some of whom he has kept in contact with long after they finished coming to the Centre. Currently, the Centre needs more volunteers, so please be praying for this need to be met. On the 13th May, the UK Borderless Unit members will be gathering for their annual Unit meeting. Please ask for Spirit-filled fellowship and sharing of ideas.
Barry and Heather work with Growing Nations in Maphutseng, Lesotho. One of the joys of being in Lesotho is hearing the testimonies that gradually come to light during conversations with the team. Examples of these include past students who are developing their own agri-businesses and others, such as Katleho Mohalinyane, who are now leaders in their community. He was a student in 2021-22, who returned home to his remote community, put into practice what he had learnt and the whole community was so impressed with his Farming God’s Way demonstrations, and the way in which his life had changed, that they asked him to be their representative on the local council in 2023. Katleho has used the leadership skills and confidence in God, which were developed during his time at Growing Nations, to influence others in a positive way and bring change. The Growing Nations team also discovered that he had a gift of writing when he was a student, which they encouraged him to develop whilst there. He has subsequently published several books and in one he included a testimony about Growing Nations. Praise God for such testimonies and ask that the Lord may transform more lives through the work that Barry and Heather are part of.
John and Zoe serve at Rift Valley Academy (RVA), AIM’s boarding school, which educates and disciples the children of missionaries in Kijabe, Kenya. They praise God for the privilege of being part of a ministry that believes in children and strives to nurture, educate and teach them about their place in God’s world. In their dorm, there are ten 13 and 14-year-old girls. Many of their parents are involved with different types of work including supporting the local church in Uganda, flying planes into Zambia, working as doctors in Kenya, and supporting vulnerable young women in Tanzania. Please pray for John and Zoe as they seek to care for these girls. Not all of them come from missionary families. Some families may not even be believers, but have chosen to send their children to RVA for the quality of education. However, as John & Zoe say, they’re getting a gospel bonus!
Pray for the 2 million Borana who live in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. Praise God that they are sharing the gospel with their own people, making disciples and building one another up in the faith. Please pray for the Borana pastors who are leading the churches and training others to help in the ministry for the next generation. Ask that the evangelistic efforts and faithful Bible teaching may raise up more leaders and disciple-makers.
Pray that all in AIM would be Christ-centred: compelled by Christ’s love (2 Cor 5:14) to love, pray for, and proclaim the gospel to Africa’s unreached peoples. Pray that our sufficiency, hope, and ministry would flow from our relationship with Christ. Pray that we would serve by His grace and strength and submit to His will.
Bruce and Jan seek to build relationships with African diaspora in the UK as part of the Borderless team. In his role as a Bible translation consultant, Bruce is soon to be checking the book of Romans for the African translation team that he supports. This long and theologically rich letter is one of the most challenging portions of Scripture to translate well; please pray for wisdom and insight as he goes through it verse by verse over the coming months. He has also just started a small research project exploring ways in which UK churches could be more welcoming towards those who speak English as their second, third or fourth language. His supervisor is an African theologian who has extensive experience in this area, so that is a real blessing. Jan was really encouraged by the freedom with which she was able to share about the true meaning of Easter in recent English conversation classes. In one class, a student simply said, ‘We don’t know what Easter is all about. Please tell us.’ Lesson by lesson, home visit by home visit, the women’s understanding is growing and barriers to faith are slowly being removed. Please pray that the Lord would continue to supply Jan with patience and perseverance as she journeys alongside these women at the Holy Spirit’s pace.
Rebecca teaches chemistry and broader science at Rift Valley Academy (RVA), Kenya. Throughout this term she has been continually reminded to choose joy in every situation, having to often remind herself of the bigger picture and mission of the school as she faced a very demanding term with many ups and downs. Praise God that she is getting to know her church family better and finding new ways to serve in the worship team; after about a 15-year break, she dusted off the cobwebs and brought her flute back into action! While she rejoices at the relationships God has brought her, as time passes, she is missing seeing her nephews grow up and having people her age and stage around her. Please pray that she will continue to choose joy and that she will find a deeper sense of friendships and family over this next term.
Kay leads a medical team on the Indian Ocean Islands. With the diabetes clinic seeing an influx of new patients, her Thursday clinics are a lot busier than they used to be, and she misses getting time to talk with each patient. The Islands have seen a huge outbreak of probable Chikungunya; most of the team have had it and nearly all have continued to deal with lingering joint pain since. Chikungunya can cause long lasting joint pain and inflammation in up to 50% of cases. There have also been several health crises on the other Island teams. Please pray for restoration and healing so that they can continue their work.
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