Ruth Mahood serves as a counsellor with AIM Care at Tumaini Counselling Centre in Nairobi. Thank the Lord for the clients who have felt heard and understood through her work. As Ruth takes time over Christmas to visit family, please pray for safe travels, good rest, and meaningful connections during this time.  

Ruth Mahood serves as a counsellor with AIM Care at Tumaini Counselling Centre in Nairobi. Give thanks that she has settled into her role quickly, and she enjoyed speaking at AIM’s Personnel Officers’ Forum earlier this month on the topic of supporting members dealing with trauma. Pray for safe travels and other preparations as she speaks about mental health and offers individual counselling at AIM’s Africa Based Orientation in South Africa in October 2024. Pray that Ruth will continue to build good relationships with the missionaries she supports and that she will draw on the strength of Christ as she looks to Him to lead her in her daily life and ministry. 

Ruth Mahood serves as a counsellor with AIM Care at Tumaini Counselling Centre in Nairobi. This past week Ruth has been supporting Rift Valley Academy’s ‘Educational Support Week.’ This week supports families in AIM who are using non-traditional schooling methods and provides support, resources and fellowship for parents. Ruth has been making herself available for anyone who feels they would benefit from a counselling session. Pray that her support this week will continue to be a blessing to parents and that she will continue to trust in God as she returns to Tumaini to offer counselling to missionaries before attending AIM’s Africa Based Orientation (ABO) in July 2024 as part of the AIM Care team. 

Ruth Mahood serves as a counsellor with AIM Care at Tumaini Counselling Centre in Nairobi. Praise God that her work permit has been approved. This is a big relief and means that she can legally reside and work in Kenya for the next three years! Pray for Ruth as she enjoys this sense of stability. Pray for all those she counsels at Tumaini, that they will find safety, rest and healing in the arms of God the Father and will be supported well to reflect on and progress in, their missionary experience and calling moving forwards.

Ruth Mahood serves as a counsellor with AIM Care at Tumaini Counselling Centre in Nairobi. Give thanks that her first month in Kenya has been enjoyable and she has felt well supported. Pray that God will guide her as she seeks to find a church family to invest in and become a part of while in Kenya.