Ruth works in the Indian Ocean Islands seeking to share the gospel with people who have never had it explained to them.
She began serving with AIM in 2019 and she is seeking to be bold in her declaration of truth, but also wise in knowing when and how to provoke conversations that will have the greatest gospel impact.
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Ruth works on an Indian Ocean Island, seeking to share the gospel with people who have never had it explained to them. On the third of September, Ruth celebrated the anniversary of when she first went to Africa seven years ago. Each year she spends the day enjoying East African treats and reflecting on how the Lord has continued to help her. She initially served on the Kenyan coast, but unfortunately, due to security issues, she had to leave after only a few months. There have been no workers there for the past two years, but one of her old teammates, P, has just returned and is hoping others will join her so that she can lead a new team. Praise God for this encouragement, and the opportunity that Ruth had to visit recently. Some contacts that Ruth made in the past are still there, and P is going to try to follow up with these. Please pray that the seeds sown by Ruth will be watered by P, so that they will have the joy of seeing the church grow in this region.
Ruth works on an Indian Ocean Island, seeking to share the gospel with people who have never had it explained to them. Ruth’s team has been away over the summer, but praise God that because of the local friendships she has been able to build, she managed well on her own. Please pray for the local church to start meeting more regularly again in September, now that the school holidays and busy wedding season are over. Ruth hopes to be able to get her level 1 English class finished before she goes on holiday later in the month. Please pray that this would happen and that she will get good rest and refreshment while off the island, so that she can return with renewed energy.
Ruth works on an Indian Ocean Island, seeking to share the gospel with people who have never had it explained to them. Praise God that her work in the hospital has opened up many opportunities to share the good news. A few months ago, there was a bad bus accident where a landslide caused a bus to go over the side of the road, with several fatalities. One of the survivors travelled abroad for extensive treatment but has now returned and needs ongoing therapy. Ruth asked her one day if she feared dying that day and if it made her consider her faith more or less. Ruth was able to share that being a follower of Jesus gives her a sure and certain hope of a life to come. Please pray that the Lord will meet with this lady and continue to use Ruth to be a mouthpiece for the gospel.
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.
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Creative Access refers to nations, areas or ministries where there is great hostility towards Christianity and where traditional ‘missionary work’ is not possible. Workers, therefore, need to be ‘creative’ in how they proclaim the good news of Jesus.
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