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Barry and Heather work with Growing Nations in Maphutseng, Lesotho. Heather is the CEO and Barry is AIM’s International Crisis Consultant and balances this role with his involvement with Growing Nations.

They have been serving with AIM at Growing Nations since 2012. Heather works as the project’s CEO, overseeing the finances, working on grant and project funding proposals and the overall strategic development, whilst Barry is the project’s communications specialist, involved in the development of farmer training materials, photography/video production and website development. A significant part of both of their roles at Growing Nations is the mentoring, coaching & spiritual development of the Basotho staff team.

They are also AIM’s Unit Leaders for Lesotho and are responsible for the member care of 10 mission partners working across the country. Currently, Barry and Heather are working remotely from the UK.

Barry’s role as the International Crisis Consultant ensures the organisation is aware and prepared in the management of risk, security and crisis, and serves AIM’s Sending and Receiving Regions worldwide.

The countries in which AIM works may be affected by war, political turmoil, terrorism and crime, so continual security awareness and practical preparation is essential. However, balancing the tension between the leading of the Holy Spirit, wise stewardship, and God’s invitation to risk is complex.

AIM’s mandate is to fulfil the Great Commission, and as our missionaries continue in our founders’ footsteps many of the risks and challenges involved in reaching the unreached remain the same now as they were then. Christian workers build resilience into gospel ministry through good security practices that ensure both the voice and presence of the gospel will continue to advance in difficult places.

Barry is involved in advising regions, teams, missionaries and AIM’s International Office in many aspects of risk management and security. He is also involved in new missionaries’ training and orientation in security protocols, contingency plans and safety before they arrive on the mission field.

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Latest Prayer News

29 August 2025

The LECSA (Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa) seminary recently obtained accreditation for its theological courses. The seminary has now invited Growing Nations to formally incorporate its Farming God’s Way (FGW) training and Missions training into the seminary. This would provide Growing Nations with an opportunity to seek accreditation for its training as well. They also want to see how Growing Nations’ students and the seminary students can support one another once on placement or back in their home communities. Please pray for God to lead and direct in the discussions and decisions that need to be made.

10 July 2025

Barry and Heather Mann work with Growing Nations, an organisation based in Maphutseng, Lesotho, which shares God’s love through a focus on agricultural knowledge and training. Barry also serves as AIM International’s Crisis Consultant. Back in March, Growing Nations hosted a series of Mission Training Conferences, attended by seminary students and graduates, and pastors from different church denominations in Lesotho. Pray that God will work in the hearts of all who attended. Pray too for one particular couple, leaders of a local church, who have felt God calling them into mission for a while.  That calling has been reaffirmed as a result of attending the training so please pray that God will make a way for them to follow that calling and that they will be open to God’s leading.

1 January 2025

Barry and Heather work with Growing Nations, an organisation based in Maphutseng, Lesotho, which shares God’s love through a focus on agricultural knowledge and training. Barry also serves as AIM International’s Crisis Consultant. Please pray that God will clearly guide them in the timing of their next visit to Lesotho and that he will sustain them as they work remotely between now & then.

3 October 2024

Barry and Heather work with Growing Nations in Maphutseng, Lesotho. Heather is the CEO and Barry is AIM’s International Crisis Consultant and balances this role with his involvement in Growing Nations. Praise God that they have been able to book flights to visit Lesotho and the Growing Nations team there, after many previous delays. Ask God to give them peace in their preparation and pray that this trip will go ahead without any issues. Pray for the Growing Nations team as they demonstrate sustainable methods of farming and land management. Pray that those they partner with will be open to ‘farming God’s way’ and will adopt these methods on their own farms, so that together, food can be grown, stored and distributed effectively, and the love of Jesus Christ will be known by all, through His provision. 

30 May 2024

Barry and Heather work with Growing Nations in Maphutseng, Lesotho. Heather is the CEO and Barry is AIM’s International Crisis Consultant and balances this role with his involvement with Growing Nations.   Barry and Heather are longing to be reunited with the Growing Nations team. Pray that the Lord will provide a way for them to visit Lesotho at last, after multiple personal factors have resulted in two cancelled trips. Pray with them for God to send rain on Lesotho, as the consistent dry and hot weather has resulted in a failed maize harvest. This has a significant impact on farmers and the local community where 24% of people already rely on food aid. Pray for sufficient rains to water the remaining crops and fill the water tanks to provide safe drinking water. 

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