God still Calls

Over the last 3 months, we have made contact with people who feel God is leading them to be missionaries. The interesting thing about all these people is that we have not intentionally tried to envision and mobilize them to missions. When we mobilize we visit churches and fellowships and engage believers and intentionally share about the need to be involved in missions. Often this is a long process of continuous investment in the same churches and same individuals until they have a much clearer picture of what God may be calling them into. So, we celebrate the fact that God is at work and is busy calling men and women into His harvest field.

One of the people God is calling is our new friend Gabriel. We met him around 2 months ago and he expressed his desire to serve the Lord as a missionary. Subsequent to our meeting he went on a short-term outreach amongst an unreached people group in Kenya. He was hosted by our friends at CAPRO who are ever willing to host people and introduce them to the world of missions (what a blessing they are).

Gabriel came back from the outreach even fired up and more persuaded that God is calling Him to serve as a missionary. He hopes to start his missions training in January 2022. Please pray for this dear brother as he prepares for this next phase of his life. Just like many who end up in missions he does not come from an affluent background with loads of resources to support him as he goes. He intends to quit his job and start this ever-exciting journey of faith. That is never an easy decision to make especially with parents and siblings to look after. Would you pray for God’s provision for this dear brother. Pray for us as well that we will be an encouragement to him.

What Have We Been Busy With?

Queen has been involved in 2 major things in the office. She manages the Office Guesthouse which we have here in Kabete (Nairobi). She has also been involved in doing member care for our missionaries in different countries. That involves reading prayer letters, praying for each missionary, and connecting with them to offer mostly encouragement and support. We have received some feedback from members who have really been encouraged by her prayers and support. 

She was also recently invited to be part of an AIM team designing a 1-year training program for the organization. The program is being designed to train all new AIM missionaries starting their journey in Africa. If you know Queen you know she loves training and discipleship. She has enjoyed being able to contribute and tap into her experience in training missionaries. Please pray for Queen and the group she works with as they work on this. Pray that the end result will be a program that will be a blessing to AIM and to the Kingdom.  

Tshepang reads and responds to loads of emails every day. He has also been having lots of meetings virtually. We are grateful that he has been able to connect with all the country leaders in the Region and has had some really encouraging conversations. We are grateful for the relationships he is building with these key leaders. He has also been spending a lot of time leading discussions on Vision and strategy for the Region with the office team. Lethabo says “Daddy’s job is to have lots of meetings“. 

Please pray for him, his leadership team, and the country leaders as they lead the Region. In the month of September, he will be visiting 2 of our units. He visits the Islands with Chris Power (our Regional Personnel officer) and later on he will visit Mozambique with Mat Linley our Regional Administrative Officer. Please pray for fruitful meetings and that they will encourage these hardworking servants in the 2 countries. 

The Kids are growing: Last term Lethabo was given an award for the “most confident student” in the school. She has quickly caught up with what other learners are doing and has even started reading. However, shehas struggled with an infection in her tummy. She is on antibiotics to try and flush out this infection. Please pray for complete healing for her.

Ntungamili turned 2 last month. He has since said goodbye to his bottle and is sleeping much better now. That means we are getting more sleep! Yippie! We are grateful for his cheerfulness, many hugs, kisses, and sweet “I love you’s”. 

Southern Region

We are very grateful for the team we work with here in the office. We are growing in our relationship. That means we are able to do more work as we understand each other better than we did 4 months ago. Praise the Lord for the blessing of a great team. 

Madagascar borders have been closed for many months now. That has implications for our ministry. We have not been able to visit the team on this Island. Our personnel who were to start their assignments this year have not been able to go in. Others on home assignment are also unable to get back into the country. This indefinite closure has created a lot of uncertainty. If this persists some of our new members may start looking for new assignments somewhere else. Please pray for God’s intervention in this situation. 

In the North of Mozambique our members have been forced to relocate to another city because of the instability caused by the Al-Shabab attacks. Visa renewals have also been delayed by the Covid situation.  Our very dedicated has had to deal with so many uncertainties. Please pray for the situation in this country and that the intervention of SADC and Rwanda armies will bring in a lasting solution to the security situation. There are still many unreached people groups in this part of Mozambique and we want to send more teams to engage them. 

As a response to the many uncertainties, we are launching a training program dubbed LEAP Lesotho this November. The training is designed for new missionaries who are unable to get to their assignments due to the Covid situation. The program is designed to orientate new members into AIM mission life and culture. It will also provide them with an opportunity to learn and grow together as they start their ministry amongst the Unreached peoples of Southern Africa. Please pray for this program that it will be a blessing to the attendees and to the Kingdom of God. 

Thank you Friend for your prayers. We appreciate you

With Love

Tshepang, Queen, Lethabo and Ntungamili