Cees and Mirjam serve the Lord in Kotido, a little centre in North Karamoja. The Molenaar family moved to Uganda in the Summer of 2023. Obed (2008) and Mozes (2009) are at RVA while the older children Joas (with his wife and son) and Rhodé (with her husband) support them from their home in the Netherlands. The move to Uganda means a return to Africa for Cees and Mirjam, as they served with another mission organisation in Zambia and Malawi from 2006 to 2016, training pastors and Sunday School teachers and leading in women’s outreach. After an initial year in Kampala, Cees and Mirjam settled in Kotido in 2024.

AIM is involved in disciple-making among unreached people groups in Uganda, particularly the Karimojong, Ik and Tapeth peoples. The team is equipping leaders for young churches that are planted in the towns. Partnering with the church in Uganda, the AIM team helps them discover God’s call to missions, develop and train missionaries and sending churches, and deploy African missionaries.

Cees and Mirjam work with the Karamoja ministry partners to identify, develop, and support contextualised training for church leaders in the region. The gospel still has a long way to go to reach the manyattas (villages) and the daily lives of the people. Local missionaries will be mentored and trained to disciple new believers in the communities. For example, Cees will be using Theological Education by Extension, a program accredited by a Ugandan University.

Next to pastors and evangelists, Cees and Mirjam hope to encourage ministry among children and women by training those who feel called to bring them the gospel of salvation. Mirjam is a certified trainer with BCM, Bible Centered Ministries. She trains Sunday School teachers, and trainers to do the same. She mentors Sunday School teachers to apply what they learn in their churches.

Another part of the ministry in Kotido evolves around the Mission Hub. This centre equips and encourages missionaries from the African church to engage in reaching the least reached. This brings training and experience right within the context of frontier missions. This project is carried out in close cooperation with churches and partner organisations in Kampala. The Mission Hub will host visiting church leaders to firsthand see and feel the need for mission work within Uganda and without.

A verse that inspires all that they do is 2 Timothy chapter two verse two: “What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

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