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Kathleen

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Kathleen served as Health Coordinator and Short-Term Coordinator for AIM’s Central Region in Uganda and is now working as part of AIM’s Borderless ministry, sharing the gospel with African people in the UK. 

Kathleen’s AIM story began in 1998 when she worked as a Paediatric Nurse in Kuluva Hospital in northern Uganda. After spending two years at the hospital, Kathleen studied at All Nations Christian College for two years before applying for long term service with AIM. She began serving in the Ssese Islands on Lake Victoria in 2004.

When Kathleen first started working on the Islands she was mainly involved in helping facilitate health care for those infected with HIV/Aids on the mainland. In Uganda the national prevalence rate is said to be around 7.4% whereas on the Islands the prevalence rate is reported to be around 30%. There are many problems on the Islands, and these problems are exacerbated by traditional beliefs that attribute illness to witchcraft, further breaking down trust within families and communities and covering up the true causes of disease.

On the Ssese Islands Kathleen was primarily involved in caring for adults and children suffering with HIV/Aids, as well as many other tropical and communicable diseases. This work involved helping people to access good medical care on the mainland. She was also involved in health education and in training pastors and other community members in Community Health Evangelism.

Since October 2019 Kathleen has served as the Health Coordinator for AIM’s Central Region. This involved caring for, and helping, AIM’s missionaries to access the best healthcare possible when they need it, as well as giving some simple health education for those working in remote areas. Besides this, she engaged in discipleship, and in training and mobilising Africans to mission. As part of this she participated in the Nurses’ Christian Fellowship in Kampala.

Kathleen now uses her experience as a nurse to work with a local organisation to reach out to African People in her local area.

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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.

Kathleen is a member of AIM’s Borderless team, working with the African diaspora in Scotland. A few weeks ago, a young African lady attended one of the English Conversation Cafes and as Kathleen chatted with her, she discovered she was from Uganda. You should have seen her face as Kathleen greeted her in “Luganda” and welcomed her to Edinburgh. She was just bursting with joy. Pray that this relationship will prove spiritually fruitful. On Mondays Kathleen meets many African refugees and immigrants as she undertakes Parish Nursing. Please pray for good relationships and gospel conversations.

Kathleen served in Uganda as Health Coordinator and Short-Term Coordinator for AIM’s Central Region. Now back in the UK, she’s a member of AIM’s Borderless team, working with the African diaspora in Scotland. Give thanks with Kathleen that one of the boys she taught in Sunday School in Uganda has continued to follow Jesus and has recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in theology and wants to serve in children’s and youth ministry in his hometown. Ask God to give him opportunities to teach and disciple children and young people, just as Kathleen did for him, and that more children in Uganda will grow up hearing about and putting their trust in Jesus Christ.

Kathleen served as Health Coordinator and Short-Term Coordinator for AIM’s Central Region in Uganda and is now working as part of AIM’s Borderless ministry, working with the African diaspora in the UK. Give thanks that she has been accepted by a local organisation to use her nursing skills to support people in her local area while being able to share her faith in Jesus. Pray for God to provide Kathleen with opportunities to speak about Jesus and that the Holy Spirit will open the hearts of those she supports to listen and want to know more about the God she worships. 

Kathleen Burns served as Health Coordinator and Short-Term Coordinator for AIM’s Central Region in Uganda and is now working as part of AIM’s Borderless ministry, working with the African diaspora in the UK. Pray for her as she has an interview today for a nursing role with a local Christian, medical team. The role will enable her to use her nursing skills to support her local area with medical provision while being able to share her faith in Jesus. Pray God will give Kathleen confidence in her interview and that there will be a positive outcome for all involved. 

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