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Frank and Josie

After eighteen years in Africa, Frank and Josie (names changed) are now back in the UK serving with Borderless.  Frank is mentoring young men in a local High School and Josie is helping out at an English conversation class and a befriending programme.

They began serving with AIM in 2002, when they worked for two years as volunteer coordinators for the Eastern Region office in Kenya. On their return to the UK they both went into teaching, and in 2009 went to Namibia to serve on an AIM team working with the Ministry of Education and the local church on the Kaisosi Evangelical Bible Church Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project, seeking to serve orphans and vulnerable children. In summer 2010 they returned to working in the Eastern Region office as Short Term Coordinators, and in 2012 joined a team seeking to reach the unreached on one of the islands in the Indian Ocean. In December 2013, Frank and Josie returned to serve in Kenya again, seeking to serve missionaries through educating and discipling their children.  

Back in the UK for medical reasons, we are excited about the doors that seem to be opening with ‘New Scots’ and the skills God has given us to serve in these areas.

Latest Prayer News

Pray for the 2.8 million living in Muslim Unreached People Groups of the Nuba Mountains in Central Sudan. It is a remote and inaccessible area; traditionally a place of refuge for people fleeing oppression. The total population of the Nuba Mountain region is approximately 4.2 million. It is estimated that over a million Nuba are internally displaced; many have fled to neighbouring countries, others have permanently resettled in the North. The Nuba people are comprised of more than 90 different ethnic groups; of these, 60 remain Unreached and Unengaged. There has been enmity between Nuba peoples and the ruling Arab Sudanese for a long time. Reports are coming in about an outbreak of cholera in the Nuba Mountains as well as other parts of Sudan. The war in Sudan is worsening the humanitarian crisis and contributing to the spread of cholera. Pray for people suffering physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Lord, have mercy on the people of Sudan!

Obedient and Committed. Pray that AIM’s voice would continue to be characterised by a strong commitment to sharing the gospel and serving among those who have not yet heard. Pray we would portray missions as a divine calling, underscoring reliance on Christ for our strength, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Ask that the language we use would highlight the need for obedience to God’s call and the transformative power of prayer for the work he calls us to. Pray that our work will be framed as a profound, lifelong journey rather than a simple task. Pray that as serving involves facing challenges and uncertainties, that AIM’s character would reflect a faithful endurance in pursuit of our ends.

Kathleen Quellmalz serves in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with Safina Street Network; an outreach working with vulnerable children and young people. Today marks the 30th anniversary since she set foot on Tanzanian soil for the first time. It’s also the date of Safina’s head office relocation from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, and the official installation of Adam as the new CEO and Nico as the Director of Ministry. Praise the Lord for his provision and work in and through Kathleen over these past 30 years and ask the Lord’s blessing on this time of transition.

Barry and Heather Mann work with Growing Nations, an organisation based in Maphutseng, Lesotho, which shares God’s love through a focus on agricultural knowledge and training. Please pray for the communities to which the students have returned after their training, that they will have receptive hearts and minds to the methods of Farming God’s Way and the gospel message that goes with itPlease pray too that the Lord will provide new opportunities and resources, to enable the Manns to continue serving with AIM and Growing Nations.

Kathleen is a member of AIM’s Borderless team, working with the African diaspora in Scotland. Pray for her in her weekly interactions. On Mondays, she does Parish Nursing at a church, sitting with clients, listening to their stories, signposting to other organisations, and offering health education. She also helps in the clothes bank, where she meets many African refugees/asylum seekers and has opportunities to welcome them. On Tuesdays, she spends time with an African lady and her little boy. They meet up at the church, have coffee together and practice English. Please pray for spiritual conversations. Kathleen then looks after the little one as his mother attends the English Conversation Café. On Wednesdays, she often has coffee or goes for a walk with some ladies from the English Conversation Café who want to continue learning English. Please pray for opportunities to share scriptural truths and to show God’s love. One lady recently invited Kathleen to her home to meet her family. On Thursdays, she attends another English Conversation Café with many opportunities to meet people from “unreached” areas around the world. Fridays are for study and preparation, and on Saturdays she attends two monthly prayer meetings. Praise the Lord for the incredible opportunity the church has to create a culture of welcome and hospitality for the many refugees and displaced people in our communities, and the unique and enormous missional opportunity to build relationships, and to share God’s love and mercy with people from all nations right on our doorsteps.

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