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Mat and Katy Linley

with Phoebe, Jonah and Barnaby

Sent from Sutton Bonington Baptist Church, Nottinghamshire

Mat and Katy are based in Kijabe, Kenya. Mat is AIM Southern Region’s Regional Administrative Officer (RAO), and Katy works as a Family Medicine Consultant at the AIC Kijabe Hospital and oversees the Diploma in Family Medicine for Clinical Officers.

The Linleys began serving with AIM in February 2009, working in partnership with AIM at the Good News Hospital in Mandritsara.

The hospital is a project of the Association of Bible Baptist Churches of Madagascar, with a vision to show God’s love and to bring the gospel to the people of this region, predominantly the Tsimihety people group. The hospital itself is a church planting project, seeking to establish new churches in Mandritsara town, in every town and village within the Mandritsara district, and in several district capitals between the east and west coasts of Madagascar (the main catchment area for the hospital). As well as the hospital and community health work, the project incorporates village evangelism, a gospel radio station, a French-speaking Primary School and a School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Phoebe, Jonah and Barnaby attended l’Ecole Bonne Nouvelle (the Good News School) in Mandritsara.

Working together with the local Baptist church pastor, Mat was involved in discipleship training and Bible teaching for leaders of around 70 village church groups that had started through contacts made with the hospital and the local church. He also led the multi-agency missionary team in Mandritsara and is a member of the project management committee and Board. Katy, a GP, was Head of Medicine in the hospital.

In November 2020 the Linleys moved to Kijabe, Kenya, to take up new roles with AIM’s Southern Region and the AIC Kijabe Hospital.

Mat serves as the RAO for AIM’s Southern Region, working as part of a small team supporting AIM missionaries and partners in Namibia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands. Southern Africa is a region of contrasts – burning deserts, tropical islands and snow-capped mountains; some people are financially-rich, whilst many are living in extreme poverty; bustling cities and vast, sparsely-populated regions; churches thriving in some areas and yet, in others, unreached people groups (UPGs) who have little or no opportunity to hear of the saving work of Jesus.

AIM’s Southern Region team provide oversight and support to AIM’s workers across Southern Africa who are involved in church planting and outreach among such UPGs, and in church mobilisation and theological education to support the development of the local church.

Katy works as a Family Medicine Consultant at AIC Kijabe Hospital. Kijabe Hospital is known as a key training centre for medical professionals, not just across Kenya, but throughout Africa. In addition to her clinical work, Katy is heading up a new Diploma in Family Health for Clinical Officers (COs), which aims to equip Christian COs to provide quality primary health care and to give them a vision to use these skills to serve and minister in cross-cultural settings. It is hoped that this first cohort of seven students will become the teaching faculty for this diploma in the future.

Phoebe, Jonah and Barney attend Rift Valley Academy (RVA), AIM’s boarding school for missionary children. They enjoy being part of the multicultural student body of around 500 students from about 30 different nationalities, of which many have grown up in different countries before coming to RVA.

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Latest Prayer News

Mat and Katy Linley are based in Kijabe, Kenya. Mat is AIM Southern Region’s Regional Administrative Officer (RAO), and Katy works as a Family Medicine Consultant at the AIC Kijabe Hospital. Give thanks for the successful graduation of the first cohort of Family Health Clinical Officers that Katy has been working with. Pray for these graduates as they progress in their various fields and for Katy as she continues to share Christ with her colleagues and students. Pray for Mat as, due to his office’s relocation, he is adjusting to working from home. Pray that Mat will be encouraged despite being separated from some colleagues and that the Lord will continue to guide him in all his work. 

Mat and Katy Linley are based in Kijabe, Kenya. Mat is AIM Southern Region’s Regional Administrative Officer (RAO), and Katy works as a Family Medicine Consultant at the AIC Kijabe Hospital. Give thanks for the good start of the new Higher Diploma in Family Health that Katie is leading at the hospital. Pray that her five new students, currently on their clinical placements, will learn and practice well. Pray for God to give Katy wisdom and discernment as she interviews candidates for a new clinical tutor to work alongside her to develop the new course.  

Mat and Katy Linley are based in Kijabe, Kenya. Mat is AIM Southern Region’s Regional Administrative Officer (RAO), and Katy works as a Family Medicine Consultant at the AIC Kijabe Hospital. Pray for the Linley family as they prepare to return to the UK in July for a few weeks, for safe travel and for God to strengthen their friendships with those in the UK as they reconnect. Give thanks for the number of candidates Katy has been interviewing for the next cohort of Family Health Clinical Officers for September. Pray for strong candidates and for more funding to be made available for students to be able to join the programme. 

Mat and Katy Linley are based in Kijabe, Kenya. Mat is AIM Southern Region’s Regional Administrative Officer (RAO), and Katy works as a Family Medicine Consultant at the AIC Kijabe Hospital. Give thanks that Katy and her students are coming towards the end of the first Higher Diploma in Family Health course to be offered at Kijabe Hospital Pray for those students on placement in more remote parts of Kenya, for safety and that these experiences would be valuable for them. Pray for Katy as she lives out her faith in the college and that she would continue to be a light to these students. 

Mat and Katy serve in Kenya and are based at Kijabe where Katy serves as a doctor in the hospital and Mat is Southern Region’s Administrative Officer. Mat serves on the Rift Valley Academy school board. He has recently attended a ‘Governance Symposium’, a training event for representatives of similar school boards around the world and will soon travel to Madagascar to visit members there. Pray that the training Mat will have received will have been helpful for him and that too he’ll be a blessing and encouragement to those he visits. 

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