The Makau Family

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Daniel and Grace

Paul and Elizabeth Makau

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The Makau family have moved to Kenya to join the AIM team working at the Africa International University in Nairobi.

Paul and Elizabeth began serving with AIM at Africa International University (AIU) in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022. AIU is a private Christian university that offers Christ-centred leadership training to church leaders so that they can transform their communities. Both Paul and Elizabeth were involved in training, discipling and mentoring church leaders in the UK for a long time. Paul led the campus of a Bible College, and Elizabeth studied Christian Leadership and missional courses while working as a nurse in the NHS. They will using their knowledge, experience and skill to teach biblical, Christian leadership and missions subjects at AIU.

They are excited to be involved in training and equipping much-needed church leaders from different parts of Africa at AIU to equip them to preach the gospel to unreached people groups within the continent. They do this by identifying new missional communities, training leaders and supporting them during their training and accompanying them during their outreach activities.

Paul enjoys teaching the Bible and will continue running a weekly Bible study programme. Alongside her new role at AIU, Elizabeth hopes to continue one-to-one witnessing, evangelism and discipleship programmes and prayer. Their children Daniel and Grace have joined Rift Valley Academy, AIM’s school for missionary children.

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Latest Prayer News

Paul and Elizabeth are teaching mission courses at Africa International University (AIU) in Nairobi and mobilising local church leaders to serve as missionaries among Unreached People Groups. It’s so encouraging to hear of increased mission awareness among local churches; one congregation in Nairobi has now developed a 10-year plan to support the outreach going on in one of the remote villages. Praise God that he has used Paul and Elizabeth to train 30 local missionaries, which has resulted in a church being planted among Samburu/Ren’dile tribes: the first since 1970! As they return to the UK in July for a year, please pray for their two children, starting university, and that the Lord will provide all that they need to serve him.

Paul and Elizabeth are teaching mission courses at Africa International University (AIU) in Nairobi and mobilising local church leaders to serve as missionaries among Unreached People Groups. Praise God for the outreach that took place in February in two villages in Marsabit, north Kenya. The outreach included medical treatment, child vaccination, health education, training new believers on how to use audio Bibles, sharing the gospel, and distributing donated supplies. Together with two AIM Air pilots, they were also able to survey two airstrips with the goal of expanding them, so travel times can be drastically reduced – in one case, from a two-day road trip to an hour by plane. Please pray for this! They have recently enrolled a local Samburu trainee pastor (Nicholas) at Africa International University for a Diploma in Theology course. When he finishes, he will be able to pastor the Lependera church and share the gospel with his community. Ask the Lord to deepen Nicholas’ love for God and his Word during his studies, and to fan the flame of passion for reaching the lost.

Paul and Elizabeth Makau are teaching mission courses at Africa International University (AIU) in Nairobi and mobilising local church leaders to serve as missionaries among Unreached People Groups. Praise the Lord for the successful mission trip in September to Lependera, which included the construction of a church building for the church plant, a visit by their sending church pastors, the church leaders in the Machakos Area committing to sustainable partnerships in sharing the gospel among Unreached People Groups (UPGs), and a fruitful free medical camp. Please pray for God’s provision as they trust to make AIC Lependera a mission base to launch gospel campaigns to other unreached villages. Ask the Lord to protect and grow the believers in Lependera and Marsabit as a whole. Pray too for the discipling program and the pastors in the area (Ngurunit, Siang’an, Namarei) as they work as a team to share the gospel in the many other unreached villages, as a lot of UPGs need to be reached.

Kenya

Kenya gained independence from Britain in 1963. Since then British tourism has been a key element of Kenya’s economy, however, unemployment, poverty and crime remain high. Whilst the majority religion is Christianity, Kenya’s ethnic diversity and vast countryside means there are still many unreached with the gospel.

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