Africa Inland Missions

Issue two 2014

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ANNUALREVIEW

REACHING THE
UNREACHED
04 Pray, Give, Go, Care| Our Annual Review
14 Why are we focusing on the unreached? | Luke Herrin
18 Out of the Rubble - Reporting from CAR | Steve Entwistle

Christ-centred churches among all African peoples

Summer 2014
The African Connection is the magazine
of Africa Inland Mission in Europe.
Founded in 1895, Africa Inland Mission is an
evangelical, interdenominational organisation
with the goal of seeing Christ-centred
churches among all African peoples.

04-09

Feature: Our Annual Review

Prayers answered, finances received, mission

partners sent and care given. Stories to
inspire and excite you, for the year ahead.

10

Family Focus

11

Gospel Partnership

John & Shan Barry serve in South Africa,

where John works as Southern Region
Director. We asked their boys to share their
experiences of living in Africa.
Donna Morrisons sending church share how
they work with AIM to support Donna.

12-13

Training in Ministry Outreach

14-15

Reaching the unreached

16-17

Synergy Short-term

18-20

Transformed Lives

21

Mobilising Mission

22

Feature: The Distant Boat

Updates from mission partners, sharing

their joys and frustrations on TIMO teams.
Luke Herrin, AIM International Director,
discusses our focus on the unreached. Plus
updates from Mayotte and the Alagwa.

News from our short termers including a trip

to a CAN and the Lunans year in Chad. Plus
exciting opportunities to serve in Africa.
Reports from CAR and exciting stories from
Rwanda and Madagascar as the unreached
respond to the gospel.
Tim Matthews, our North England & Wales
Area Mobiliser, shares news of his work.
Updates on how the film is being distributed
and received across Africa.

Africa Inland Mission International, a company limited by guarantee

(04598557), a registered charity in England and Wales (1096364) and
a charity registered in Scotland (SC037594). Registered Office: Halifax
Place, Nottingham NG1 1QN.
July 2014, AIM International (Europe)

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HOW BEAUTIFUL
ARE THE FEET
Pray

e give praise to
God for answered
prayer during
2013. This has
taken so many forms. New
members have been recruited
for both short and long
term service; new resources
have enabled some mission
partners to set out on their
assignments; new leaders are
in place for key ministries
and positions within the
International office, the AIM
Europe office in Nottingham
and further afield in France
and Switzerland. The helpful
prayer material produced
during the year has enabled
supporters to keep in
touch with the needs of our
mission and in particular the
individuals and families who
are serving the Lord in Africa
and amongst African peoples.
It has been a pleasure and
privilege to meet some of the
new recruits. We thank God
for the character and gifts of
those whom God has called to
work with AIM.

Give
God has, over the course
of another year, caused the
financial needs of the mission
to be met through many
donations, both large and
small. We were blessed with
legacies during 2013 which
exceeded our budget and our
mission partners are well
supported. Thank you to all
our donors who help to ensure
that the plans made to pursue

our goals can be implemented,

and work started in new areas
amongst unreached peoples.
We really value your support
whether that represents a
long standing commitment or
a first time donation. Were
looking to make it increasingly
easy to make online gifts in
the year ahead.

we increasingly
seek to have [more]
mission partners
working among
unreached peoples.
Go
In recognition of the fact
that globalisation means
that African people live not
only in Africa but in diaspora
throughout the world, we
adjusted our Ends Statement
in 2013 (in line with the
International Councils
actions), to reflect the fact that
in future mission partners
may not just work in Africa.
We also have developed new
plans to reach unreached
African people. Under Gods
leading we increasingly seek
to have greater proportions
of mission partners working
among unreached peoples. At a
recent board meeting we were
reflecting on Gods questions
to Isaiah (in chapter 6).Whom
shall I send? and Who will go
for us? May we continue to

receive willing volunteers who

are responding to Gods call to
serve him, and may each one of
them experience the full power
and commission of God the
Father, God the Son and God
the Holy Spirit as they serve
him within AIM.

Care
This year we have been involved
in supporting our mission
partners through some difficult
situations in Creative Access
Nations. We are thankful that
procedures and systems we
have in place have led those
in difficulty to remark that
AIM is supporting them and
has prepared them well. It is
also good to hear of day to day
constant support offered by
AIM office staff and mobilisers
to mission partners on the
field. As you will read, we have
further plans to increase this
regular support and to develop
internal communications that
are easier for mission partners
to access, especially as more
work in remote areas where
internet access can be difficult.
Mission partner care is shared
by AIM, sending churches and
by friends and families. We give
thanks for these partnerships
in the gospel that allow mission
partners to follow their call, to
the best of their ability.

Ruth Hyde
AIM Europe
Board Chair

Photo: Barry Mann

ANNUALREVIEW

PRAYED:
FOR THE LESOTHO
SHEPHERDS
Designed for me

first heard about the Lesotho

team at an Into Africa day at
the AIM offices in Nottingham.
At the time I was interested
in joining a TIMO (Training in
Ministry Outreach) team. After
hearing about Lesotho, the details
of the mission trip and the people
they were looking for to join the
team, I remember going home
feeling psyched, as though this
mission trip was specifically
designed for me!

Climbing mountains
I received Gods call for mission
in 2010, at which point I went to
Faith Mission Bible College. There,
I learned more about the need for
world mission and specifically in
Africa. God has kept the fire for
mission burning in my heart.
Preparations are now underway
for me to go to Lesotho. Though I
feel a bit out of my depth at times,
when looking ahead at what needs

to be done, Im greatly encouraged

and motivated by the knowledge
that people have been praying for
this mission trip for many years.
Knowing that God is using me as
part of the answer to those prayers,
sometimes really excites me,

Im greatly
encouraged and
motivated by the
knowledge that people
have been praying for
this mission trip for
many years.
sometimes terrifies me, but always
humbles me and reminds me to
keep my eyes on him when climbing
the figurative mountains. Good
practice for the literal mountains
to come!

Chris Klompas from

Spalding Baptist
Church, Lincolnshire is
one of seven preparing
to go and work amongst
the unreached Lesotho
Shepherds.

Download a
Prayer Sheet:

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answered
prayer
Tim Matthews, Area
Mobiliser says
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e are told
how will they
hear without
someone preaching to
them?. Well, how will
they pray unless they
know what to pray for?
Over the last couple

of years Ive been able

to tell supporters,
churches and prayer
groups of AIMs desire
to send an extreme
TIMO (Training in
Ministry Outreach)
team to the Shepherds

of Lesotho. Many of you

prayed that the Great
Shepherd would raise
up workers to go and he
has - even from the UK.
Your prayers have been
answered, and the team
is starting this autumn.

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GAVE:
TO ADVANCE
THE GOSPEL

e really want to
thank all of you
who have given
so generously
in the last year to our general
fund. Were so grateful to
you, we want to share with
you some news of the amazing
work God is doing in Africa as a
result of this giving!

This fund has:

top
**helped uswhenup mission
partners
they have
been struggling to raise
the funds they need. For
example, releasing a couple
to head up a new work
among an unreached people
group.

**enabled us to train people to

go to creative access nations
(CANs), and equip them to
deal with persecution that
may arise, particularly from
government forces. One
couple, facing difficulties
in a CAN country recently
shared, Our organisation
has trained us well for this
difficult situation even if we
were not expecting it and we
are thankful
supported our short-term
**programme, allowing
people like Frazer Mayhew
to get a taste of mission.
Frazer first visited Kenya in
2007 through our Synergy

programme. Now hes back,

reaching the unreached
Samburu people of northern
Kenya on a two year Training
in Ministry Outreach (TIMO)
team.
meant that representatives
**from AIM could speak to over
30,000 people last year about
the needs in Africa, and
encourage people to consider
their role in mission, be that
through praying, giving or
going.

Frazer first
visited Kenya in
2007 now hes
back, reaching the
Samburu people
We have been truly blessed
by legacy income, but other
donations to the general fund
are vital. These gifts are used
to ensure AIM is on the field
in Africa, sharing the gospel,
and reporting back stories of
transformed lives. There are
so many components that go
into equipping and supporting
ministry and were so grateful to
all of you who have played your
part in seeing Gods Kingdom
built in Africa.

Income 2013
2,576,745

General F
und: 351,650

Mission
Partners:

Projects:

317,350

1,907,745

Expenditure 2013
2,385,974

General F
und: 688,871

Projects:

245,869

Mission
Partners:

1,451,234

How do I Give?
If you feel that you can give to the
gospel work in Africa, please visit
our website
www.aimint.org/eu/
give

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WENT:
TO A DRY AND
DUSTY LAND
Where are we?

Reasons to stay

e work in a dry and

dusty land, which
according to the UN
doesnt actually exist,
although it is a fully functional
democracy, with its own parliament,
police-force, army, judiciary,
education and health systems. It is
100% Muslim with no provision in
the constitution for recognition of
any other religion.
It is considered to be one of the
most dangerous places on earth, but
life looks pretty normal here, with
street vendors selling their fruits,
vegetables, colourful cottons and
plastics; children in bright uniforms
going to school with their pencils and
notebooks in hand; mothers washing
clothes and caring for infants outside
little cloth houses; camels, goats and
sheep wandering among the cars and
lorries; buildings being constructed
everywhere and even roads being
paved.
Children shout to you in the
streets wanting to practice their few
English phrases or spit and throw
stones at your car. Most people
give friendly greetings and smiles,
though some offer more aggressive
gestures. Many institutions
welcome foreigners with open arms,
appreciating their expertise, while
other prominent people speak
against us every week and incite
their followers to act against the
infidels. So why do we stay?

Here are a few quotes from some of

our students:

Teacher, before I
met you I hated all
Christians and wanted
to kill them. I dont
think that way any
more.
Teacher, we need to have
an argument if you
are right, I will follow
Jesus; if I am right you
must become a Muslim.
Teacher, Jesus has
changed my life!
Life here can be frustrating, but we
give thanks that Father is at work in
many lives.

Many mission partners

live in areas where
there is great hostility
to Christianity, which is
why we cant mention who
or where they are.

Download a
Prayer Sheet:

aimint.org/eu/can

Creative
Access

hese areas are called

Creative Access,
because workers
need to be creative in how
they proclaim the good
news of Jesus Christ. Over
200 million people live in
Creative Access areas.

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CARED:
FOR OUR BROTHERS
& SISTERS IN CHRIST
Support in Action

aring for mission

partners is an integral
part of the role of
a mobiliser. From
the first cup of coffee with an
enquirer to the final debrief at
the end of a missionarys career,
caring is about relationship, and
the stronger the relationship,
the better the quality of member
care.
The availability of
technology these days makes
it much easier to provide
support. With some mission
partners, I can be in Skype
contact on almost a weekly basis,
especially if there are issues to
be addressed, whereas others
are happy to email occasionally.
Often its not just the big stuff
thats important sharing the
seemingly inconsequential
blethers that we have are vital.
These build relationships and
take us to the place where big
things can be addressed.
Field visits are key and an
encouragement to our mission
partners. As mobilisers, we
aim to visit Africa every two
years, and each missionary
we visit testifies to the huge
encouragement that these visits
are. Being physically present
with our mission partners
means they can SHOW as well
as TELL what their work and

daily lives look like. That means

that when, for example, one of
my mission partners bemoans
the state of the roads or stresses
about the traffic, they know,
that I know, exactly what theyre
talking about!

While working in
hot Chad a visitor
from Scotland is
like a breath of
fresh cool air!
Another significant factor
in relationship building, is
home assignment, when many
Scottish mission partners
come to stay with me for a wee
while. Often we fit their debrief
into this time, but its mostly
about having a rest in a gentle,
relaxing environment. Many a
late night chat ensues where
significant concerns are raised
and talked through.
It is a real privilege to be
able to support the mission
partners that God has entrusted
to my care during their overseas
service for him. As mobilisers,
we value the prayers of our
supporters as we seek to do this,
with the Lords help, to the best
of our ability.

Caring for mission partners is

the responsibility of supporters,
churches and AIM staff. Ruth
Box, Area Mobiliser for Scotland
talks about her responsibility to
care.

Joan
Mackenzie
says

uth Boxs visit was such

an encouragement to me
personally. During her
visit I appreciated her willingness
to experience my life, home and
work in Chad and to really listen
and observe. Having someone
on the UK side who really knows
and cares about my particular
situation has been a special
blessing. She goes the second
mile and Im grateful to the Lord
for her and pray for his blessing
on her important ministry in
Scotland.
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YEARAHEAD

YEARAHEAD

PRAY:
REMEMBER
THEM IN YOUR
PRAYERS

GIVE:
CONTINUE
THE UNFINISHED
WORK

arginalised by their neighbours,

struggling to survive, yet loved
by God. The Ik people living in
north east Uganda are a warm
and sociable people but have been pushed into
the hills by larger tribes. Featured in many of
our prayer resources this past year, we are so
thankful, that even though these unreached
people are forgotten by many, they are
remembered by you in your prayers.
Over this next year we want to continue
to pray for the advance of the gospel amongst
people like the Ik and for the many mission
partners who faithfully work amongst the
peoples of Africa. To help you pray, we plan to
develop our prayer material:

Prayer Diary
Building on our popular Prayer Diary, we
plan to combine this publication with stories
from our magazine. This will mean youll
have daily prayer items alongside articles
and stories from mission partners. We
trust this new combined Prayer Diary will
encourage us to pray with more insight and
praise God for what he is doing in Africa.

New Prayer Resources

We will also be seeking to engage a new
generation of supporters. We want to
revitalise our web and email presence with
more downloadable resources, that challenge,
stimulate, inspire and encourage people to
remember to pray for those like the Ik, who
are unreached with the glorious news of
Jesus Christ.
If you would like to download or sign-up
to receive our current prayer material,
please visit www.aimint.org/eu/pray

li* became a close friend and regular

visitor to our house after the tragic
death of his pregnant wife and child.
Over the months that followed, God
worked in his life. One night, the whole team
prayed for him after he told us he couldnt sleep
as he was troubled by images of his dead wife
and child. He had been planning to sacrifice to
appease his ancestors but God released him and
from that night on, he had no trouble sleeping.
Later, we were able to explain that Jesus was
the only way to God and he began to read the
Bible in Swahili and search for himself. This
search led to him eventually giving his life to
Jesus.
Over the next year we want to share
more stories with you like the one
above, stories of transformed lives, of
the unreached hearing of Jesus. Owen &
Miriam Pugh shared this testimony from
an Alagwan friend of theirs. They, and their
family have completed a three year TIMO
team but are now heading back to continue
the work they have begun amongst these
unreached peoples.
Our ability to walk alongside Owen &
Miriam in their journey to Africa would
not happen without your giving. Today, in
addition to those already serving in Africa,
we are using your General Fund donations
to walk that same journey with 45 long
term enquirers and 26 short term. Isnt that
fantastic? Just consider the Kingdom impact
of these men and women being released into
ministry! But its a journey that can only be
walked through the General Fund donations
we receive.
*name changed
F more information give us a call or visit
or
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YEARAHEAD

GO:
PROCLAIM CHRIST
AMONGST THE
UNREACHED

CARE:
FOR THE FEET
OF THOSE WHO
TAKE GOOD NEWS

IM Internationals vision is
to see Christ-centred church
communities among all peoples
of Africa, filled with people
proclaiming Christ and living transformed
lives. To achieve this, we need to send gospel
workers to the unreached or catalyse African
national believers to go. We need Christians
to be trained, equipped and sent out.
As the European Mobilising Region, it
is our responsibility to spread the message
about reaching the unreached, to excite and
encourage supporters, enquirers and existing
personnel to go to some of the worlds
most difficult places. So far, were not doing
too badly! Last year 85% of new mission
partners were assigned to this ministry. So
far this year 100% of new mission partners
will be reaching the unreached.
But our goal is far from accomplished
and as we press on, while not ignoring
other unreached African people groups, we
are proactively focussing our European
mobilisation activities on four unreached
people groups, namely:

The Alagwa of Tanzania

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alagwa
The Samburu of Kenya
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samburu
The Shepherds of Lesotho
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shepherds
The Ik of Uganda
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Please join us in praying for more long and
short term mission partners to go to the
unreached. We continue to look to God to
raise up a minimum of 15 long term and 60
short term mission partners each year.

aring for our mission partners

is central to our work in the
Personnel Department. Not
only do we want to offer caring
relationships through our mobilisers, we also
want care to be ingrained in all that we do.
Therefore for the year ahead we have made
some commitments.
Firstly, we are committed to
be responsive to mission partners
communications within 48 hours, including
responses to prayer letters, although we
recognise we still have a way to go to achieve
this. We want mission partners to know that
weve received their information and that
were supporting them.
Secondly,
were offering
to be available
to speak
with mission
partners
via Skype or
telephone at
any time, to
suit them.
Thirdly, were committed to being willing
and able to intervene when things go
wrong. Whether that be communicating
with receiving region personnel, travelling to
meet with a sending church or to meet the
mission partner themselves.
In addition, were seeking to learn how
we offer better care in the future. As such,
Amy Birtwistle is now part of the Global
Connections Third Culture Kids Forum. This
means she will be able to glean from, and
input into, how Global Connections can help
us serve families - watch this space!

we also
want care to be
ingrained in
all that we do.

FAMILYFOCUS

John & Shan live in South Africa with their three sons,
Themba (17), Joseph (14) and Michael (9). John oversees
the Southern Region which includes pastoral care of
mission partners and looking into new ministry areas.

Where do you live?

Johannesburg.

Can you describe

it for us?
Its not very different
to England except there
is probably more space
and thieves. (Joseph)
Also, its much easier
to own things like
BB guns and dogs.
(Joseph) Its rushed and
exciting. (Themba) In
Johannesburg its cool
because you can see lots
of cars like Porsches
and other cool cars.
(Michael)

you can see

lots of cars like
Porsches

at KFC theres
chicken, at
Scooters theres
pizza and at
Ocean Basket
theres seafood.
What is the food
like?
Well, at KFC theres
chicken, at Scooters
theres pizza and at
Ocean Basket theres
seafood. You can buy
pretty much anything in
the shops from Sushi to
maizemeal. (Themba) If
August Basson cooks its
brilliant! (Joseph) I love
the pizza! (Michael).

Meeting
the Barry
Boys

Whats it like living

in another country,
telling people about
Jesus?

What do you get

asked most by
friends and family
at home?

After living in your fifth

country it feels normal.
At RVA we talk about
God every day. (Themba)
I was born in South
Africa and I miss the
sea. (Joseph) Another
country? I dont get the
question. (Michael)

Normally they ask how

school is and sometimes
people ask if I speak
African. (Themba)
Wheres home? (Joseph)

Whats school like? England (Themba)

School at RVA is great.
(Themba) School in
Johannesburg is fine.
Sometimes its stressful
and theres lots of work
to do but I have lots of
friends. (Michael)

Do you go to church?
Yes!

Summer Events

lease keep a look out

for us at summer
conventions and come
and say hello to us
if were on a stand. Well be
at Keswick Convention for all
three weeks, and at Keswick in
Wales! Weve even got prizes on

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Where do you
want to live in the
future?
South Africa (Joseph)
England (Michael)

Do you have any

favourite Bible
verses or stories?
Jeremiah 31 (Themba)
Psalm 150 (Joseph)
The story of David and
Goliath (Michael)

the stands for those who can

find their way around Africa!
Discussions with enquirers at last
years events have led to people
pushing doors regarding long
term service and entering in to
short term overseas service in
Africa. Please keep praying for
those enquiring, and pray for
good contacts to be made at this
years events too.

GOSPELPARTNERSHIP

Donna Morrison to
Dwelling Places

ast December we had the joy and

privilege at Martins Memorial
Church of Scotland, Stornoway of
commissioning Donna Morrison as she
prepared to serve God with AIM in Dwelling
Places, Uganda. Donna is a much loved and
highly valued member of our church family, well
known to our Kingdom Kids and youth groups
as well as to the rest of the congregation. She
will be a huge blessing to her team!
As Donnas home church we form part of
a network of support for her throughout the
Islands and beyond. I had the honour and
pleasure of being Donnas facilitator during her
outbound studies and was able to see firsthand
how God led and provided for her.
Our minister, Rev Tommy MacNeil, had a
vision for our recently formed Mission Support
Team (of which I am a part) to pray specifically
and provide ongoing support for the growing
number from our congregation currently
serving in, and being called to, mission nationally and internationally.
Its been a great help meeting and linking
with Ruth Box, and a real encouragement
to witness the serious level of commitment
AIM exhibits towards its missionaries and
their sending church. We look forward to our
developing an ongoing partnership!

Donna Morrison works

in the finance office
of Dwelling Places,
a Ugandan Christian
NGO dedicated to the
rescue, rehabilitation, reconciliation and
resettlement of street children.

News in brief
Julian Jackson - a shining example

n the 3rd
of March
2014,
Rachel Jackson
wrote to inform us
that her husband,
Julian had slipped
into heaven after
several years of
sickness. Rachel added, I was filled with immense
joy for him and amazing peace which the Lord has
given and so we thank and praise God for your
prayers and the amazing victory we have over
Satan and death.
For many of those who knew him, Julian
Jackson was a shining example of a truly humble,
encouraging and wise missionary. Born in Kenya
where his parents were coffee farmers, Julian was
sent back to UK for his education. Despite the
hostility to missionary service from his parents, (his
mother is said to have had ambitions for him to
become the Governor of Kenya!). Julian & Rachel
were involved in several strategic ministries and
made a massive contribution to the work of AIM
and the Africa Inland Church.

50 years in
Africa

e wanted
to write
an article
to mark the 50
years that Dr. Keith
Waddell has spent in Africa, and his remarkable
achievements, particularly as a groundbreaking
eye surgeon. In researching this article, however,
we kept hearing, Keiths a humble man who
wouldnt be comfortable with an article about him.
So, to honour him, we wont embarrass him. His
work does not go unnoticed though, there will
be a thanksgiving service for Keith in October in
Uganda where we will join together with many
Africans to thank God for him.
If you do want to know more about Keith and his
work in Africa, you can read more online:

www.aimint.org/eu/keith
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I wouldnt want to be anywhere else

Our new home

ags packed, orientation

complete, goodbyes said
and we were on our way!
Months of planning and
preparation had finally come to
fruition. As we drove through rural
Kenya we were thrown around in
the car as it bumped over big rocks
into deep holes. I could feel my
eyebrows rising higher and higher in
astonishment do people really live
out here? After another hour or so,
we reached Lchakwai, where some of
our TIMO team would be based.

overwhelmed by these people all

wanting to talk to us in a language
we could barely speak.

Homestay
We were immediately thrown into
our homestay, in which we followed
two moran (young men) around.
This was tiring and dirty but a real
eye-opener. During our homestay, we
saw some men take blood from a cow
(to drink), ate in secret hideaways
in the bush (as moran dont eat food
prepared by women), and helped in
a vaccination drive for their goats by
grabbing the goats out of the pens.
We experienced true welcome and
hospitality, and learnt a lot.

They need Jesus

Our house is up in the hills,

another forty minutes drive from
Lchakwai. As we arrived, swarms
of children came to see these white
people who were to become part of
their community for the next two
years. Flocks of goats and sheep
grazed nonchalantly as we tried to
take in our surroundings. That we
were in a remote place was clear;
that we could see this beauty, which
so few ever get to see, felt like an
enormous privilege. Yet we felt

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Just over a month in now, we are

getting used to routines: drinking
plenty of chai, fetching water and
cutting down thorn trees for our
fence. I have been lost so many
times on paths I thought I knew,
I am covered in cuts, bruises and
insect bites and I am frustrated
with language learning. And yet
I never get bored of looking at the
stars. These people have befriended
us so warmly, and, above all, I am
convinced that they need Jesus,
as I do, in order to have true and
living hope. I wouldnt want to be
anywhere else.

In March 2014,
the Samburu TIMO
team began their two
years living amongst
the unreached
Samburu people.
F
razer Mayhew gives
an update on what
its been like so far.

I am covered
in cuts, bruises
and insect
bites and I am
frustrated
with language
learning.
An update on
Marasaio

In the last magazine we

asked you to pray for
ten year old Marasaio
from the Samburu people,
who had to go to Kijabe
hospital. Pete & Libby
Halestrap say: Marasaios
uncle was so impressed
by the love evidenced
at the hospital and by
conversations he had
with the staff at Kijabe,
that he has welcomed us
to come and share the
Jesus film with his village
of 3000 people.
Praise the Lord!

a two-year training
programme with a
team approach to
learning

Training in Ministry
Outreach is

about
reaching the
unreached
with the good
news of Jesus
Christ.

Ik update: the next step

In our last magazine we highlighted

the unreached IK people in north
east Uganda and looked at whats
involved in seeking to reach them with the gospel.
P
eter Root from the Nottingham Office will soon be
surveying the I The survey will seek to establish some
k.
initial relationships, locate where the 2015 TIMO team
could be placed and assist in preparing people to join the
team. Please pray for this important trip. We will keep
you posted on the outcome. Find out more about the IK:

about
planting
churches
that plant
churches

Find out more

about TIMO
www.aimint.org/
eu/timo

Lesotho
Shepherds
update
A huge praise item! 7 men
have been accepted on the
Shepherding team. Please
pray for the team as they
get their kit sorted and
continue to raise support.

www.aimint.org/eu/ik

Saying
goodbye
The De Leeuws
fly from the
Netherlands on 13
July to their new
home in Tororo,
Uganda. They will
be joining a focus
team working with
Smile African
Ministries (SAM).

Visit the De Leeuws

website:
http:/
/bit.ly/1pOmvUb

Smile African Ministrys work

includes ministering to street children,
orphans and discarded babies through
a rehabilitation programme which
provides food, education, medication
and basic necessities. Ard De Leeuw
will be utilising his handyman and
building skills to teach the boys and
young men.

rd: Saying goodbye is edging

closer and this is beginning
to affect me. I am becoming
more aware of this process.
Our family members are also going
through their own ways of processing
our move. Some have accepted our
decisions and understand them, the
others are ignoring the fact that were
leaving, preferring not to consider it
until its upon them.
Carin: Im really looking forward
to going now, but I am curious about
how well adjust. For us as a family,
will we find our place there? How will
we balance being there with contact
with the Netherlands? Manoah (1) is
too young to realise whats happening.

SAMs fruit program for children

Boaz (3) tells everyone that he is going
to live in Uganda. Yet we see that for
Boaz, at the moment, there are some
things that trouble him, for example,
when he discovered we have sold his
toys! He is also working out what he
can take to Uganda and what being in
Uganda might require of him.
Despite all of these thoughts,
we have noticed a huge amount of
contentment. We are out of our
comfort zone, but still, our enthusiasm
grows. We daily see Gods hand in our
lives and were seeing that he is leading
all the preparations.
Please pray for our families to be at
peace with our move and for peace for
us, through all the preparations, and
finally, for our children as they adjust.
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We ask Africa
Inland Missions new
International Director,
Luke Herrin, why
AIMs priority is for the
unreached.

Unreached
Updates
Why are we focused
on reaching the
unreached?

The Shibushi
of Mayotte

Because we loved you so

much, we were delighted to
share with you not only the
gospel of God but our lives as
well 1 Thessalonians 2:8
I was encouraged and
challenged by a recent visit
to our mission partners Chris &
Sarah Power who are working
among the Shibushi people of
Mayotte. I was encouraged
to see their commitment to
sharing their lives and the
gospel with this unreached
Muslim people group. However, I
was also challenged. Here, we
have just one family of gospel
workers living among tens of
thousands with no opportunity
to hear the good news. Please
pray for more workers for
Mayotte.
By Andrew Chard

Pray for the Island people.

Download a Prayer Sheet
aimint.org/eu/islands

n 1895 a young British man,

Peter Cameron Scott, visited
the tomb of David Livingstone,
in Westminster Abbey. On his
tombstone, he read: I have other
sheep, which are not of this fold; I
must bring them also John 10:16.
He felt the Holy Spirit stirring
his heart, and accepted the call
to service in Africa. Africa Inland
Mission was born.
The founding of AIM was
part of a new wave of mission to
the interior of distant lands. The
gospel had reached the coastlands,
but there were vast, uncharted,
and unreached regions beyond,
where millions knew nothing
about Jesus Christ. It was the
Lords call to Scott, and to AIM, to
bring the gospel to these regions.
Scroll forward about 80
years. The work had been wildly
successful. Jesus, working through
AIM, her sister missions, and
many devoted and courageous
African believers, had planted
huge churches across sub-saharan
Africa. AIM was working with the
local church in 6 African countries.
Another young British man, Dick
Anderson, felt the stirring of the
Holy Spirit. Fire in my bones, he
called it. As the leader of AIM,
he began a push that continues,

moving AIM into new countries

and among new peoples.
One of those, a virtually
untouched Muslim people, was
where the Lord called me and
my family. Anderson had led the
charge years before, challenging
AIM workers to move to unreached
nations and peoples. Many
responded, leaving behind familiar
ministry for unfamiliar, reached
areas for unreached. Today, among
that isolated Muslim people, there
is a church. A small, struggling,
persecuted, poor church. But loved
and treasured by her Lord.
Today, as we look back to these
two pioneers, and at the current
situation in Africa, we must
consider what our Lord wants
us to do now. I believe that His
call to AIM has not changed. Our
goal remains: With priority for
the unreached, Christ-Centered
Churches Among All African
Peoples. To accomplish this, we
will focus on four areas:
1. Direct outreach to unreached
African people groups
(including diaspora),
2. Mobilising Africans for this
same task,
3. Equipping of African church
leaders, and
4. Serving those who are doing
these tasks.
By the Lords grace and
power, through the prayers, gifts,
and sacrifice of his people, his
kingdom will come among all
African peoples!

Photo: Alagwa Girls dancing

Owen & Miriam Pugh

are preparing to go back

to work amongst the
unreached Alagwa,
nurturing and strengthening
a new church that is
being planted there. They
use Chronological Bible
Storytelling in the heartlanguage to communicate
Gods word.
Lake
Victoria
Mt. Kilimanjaro

Gaara

Mt. Hanang

Dodoma

Dar es
Salaam
Morogoro

The Alagwa

Our reasons have names

The Pughs are heading
back to work amongst the
unreached Alagwa. We
asked them why?

e could enthuse
about our
wonderful team,
the positive
partnership with the AICT*, the
church on a journey towards
maturity, reaching out with
authentic Alagwa expression,
sustainable development projects
and Chronological Bible Storying.
But when it boils down to it,
each of our reasons has a name, a
family and a deep need to know
Jesus. They are why we are going
back.
*Africa Inland Church Tanzania

Miriam Pugh also wrote this

poem about why they are
going back
We go back to:
Live Jesus love in tangible ways
Tell Jesus love in understandable
ways
Show Jesus love in practical ways
Empower and encourage the
National Church in any and
all ways.
Learn Jesus love in humility,
Pray Jesus love in dependency,
Experience Jesus love in
community,
And then,
when the Alagwa church is rooted
and growing,
Work ourselves out of a job.

Location: Remote hills

and mountains of central
Tanzania.
Number: 40,000 people
Livelihood: They are
subsistence farmers,
growing maize and millet.
They also keep cows, goats
and sheep.
Culture: They are very
community oriented,
living in houses made
of burned brick with
roofs of thatched grass.
The Alagwa speak both
Alagwaisa and Kiswahili.
Religion: Over 90%
are Muslim. However,
they seamlessly blend
traditional beliefs with
Islamic ones.
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Synergy short-term

Opportunities to get involved with crosscultural mission in Africa with a heart for
making disciples of Jesus Christ.

www.synergyafrica.com

Meet Amy
When I did
my own Synergy
placement in Chad
back in 2009,
I had no idea that God
would one day lead me to be running the
programme which first launched my interest
in world mission. Having been through the
programme myself, and then having spent
the last few years assisting long term
mission partners prepare to go to Africa,
I am excited to bring these experiences
to this role. AIMs short term programme
exists to be a support and a resource to
long term ministries and I am looking
forward to working with short-termers who
feel called to be part of seeing Christ
Centred Churches Among All African P
eoples.
Interested in going? Contact Amy
synergy.eu@aimint.net

Could
Synergy be
for you?
There are
many
opportunities to
serve in Africa
with AIM. This
month we are
highlighting
two completely
different teams.
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unknowns

Naomi (name
changed for seurity
reasons), recently returned from
a short-term trip to North Africa,
shares a little about her time
I recently undertook a short, 10 day
Synergy trip to North Africa. A trip
that, for me, was a first introduction to
mission, a way for me to consider Gods
call on my life to serve him. Because I
dont know where that call on my life
may take me, Im choosing not to share
my identity, creative access nations
(CANs) may be an option for me.
This trip has certainly changed my
perception of mission partners working
in CAN situations. Maybe its just me,
but I feel that often we want to know
so much about people before we pray
for them, but these people are the
unknowns, desperately needing our
support. Im used to knowing mission
partners by name, but now I know there
are so many whose names must remain
hidden, sharing their lives and the
gospel across North Africa. These 10
days taught me to pray for these people,
I hope in sharing my experiences I can
encourage others to pray too.
To hear more from Naomis visit:
www.aimint.org/eu/naomi

Congo
Focus
Team

Unreached
Prayer
Team

p for
some
action? How
about a joining a 10 month
Focus Team going to Congo.

it of a
prayer
warrior? How
about joining a prayer team?

Learn the local language and

culture as you become involved in
the life of the Banda church and
community. If youre considering
a long term future in mission, this
could be the perfect taster!

Live amongst some of Africas

least reached people groups,
including the Ik of Uganda. Learn
about their lives and situation
and spend time praying for
them. Could you lay the prayer
groundworks for mission?

Working at Wellspring Academy

Greetings

ngela, Peter (2) and

I arrived in Chad in
early August 2013
in the dark and were
immediately greeted by the local
bugs cockroaches the size of a
small childs foot! Although Peter
was completely enthralled by these
creatures they thankfully did not
follow us to our apartment, and we
havent seen cockroaches of that
size since, although their smaller
cousins visit frequently!

Praise God
In Wellspring Academy I have got
used to teaching a new curriculum.
All the history and geography
lessons are focused on American
History for the whole year and it is
a running joke amongst the AIM
missionaries here that the only
British teacher on the staff is being
asked to teach American History! I
will be an expert on this subject if I
ever appear on the TV game show
Pointless! We give God praise as one
child in my class committed himself

to the Lord after he felt challenged

in one Bible lesson about dedicating
your life to God and
another child has become bolder
about saying he is a Christian. While
I am teaching, Peter and Angela
get up to all sorts! In summary the
weeks are filled with Mums who
pray meetings in our flat, womens
bible studies, organising play with
children of vulnerable women and
other social meetings that provide
opportunity for faith sharing.

Home school week

Ally, Angela and Peter
Lunan from Dunblane
F
ree Church have
just returned from
NDjamena, Chad. Ally
taught at Wellspring
Academy which is a day
school providing education
for mission partners
children.

The journey
Geographically, NDjamena is not
a huge city but getting out and
about can be a challenge! Just going
beyond the gates of our compound
is literally entering an unknown
world of dust, holey roads, sewers,
noise and heat. Bikes, motorbikes,
pedestrians, dogs, ducks, lorries and
cars come at you from all directions!
In the early days of us being here it
didnt help that every street looked
the same and the car we rent didnt
have fully functional controls. So,
as you weave in and out to avoid
collisions, potholes, pedestrians and
whatever else happens to cross your
path often a family of ducks - you
really do feel like you are dancing
as you travel along the road. The
journey rather than the destination
- is usually the adventure!

Pray for
the Lunans
Praise God that
Wellspring have all the
teachers for next year.
Pray the Lunans will
adapt well as they
return to life in the UK.

www.wellspring
academychad.org
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TRANSFORMEDLIVES

Out of the rubble

Our prayer for the Zande church,

the Mbororo and CARs capital

L
Steve Entwistle
reports about his
time in Central
African Republic
as AIM think
about putting a
new team in the
area to reach the
unreached Mbororo
people.
Keep up to date with
the teams progress
on steves blog:
www.mwanienty
.aimsites.org
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ast autumn we reported in this

publication the news that the
planned team to work with the
Mbororo in the Central African
Republic would not be able to go ahead
as a result of the tensions and unrest in
that country. Instead, a team would be
planted in Banda, in the north east of
the Democratic Republic of Congo, to
begin language and culture learning
amongst the Mbororo there. Our concern
for the peoples of the Central African
Republic, however, has not ended.
Recently, a group of AIMers visited the
country to gain further understanding of
the situation and the plight of the Zande
church and the Mbororo people. Steve
Entwistle sends this report:
Our adventure began in Arua,
Uganda on April 12. Together with
Ian Campbell (AIMs Associate
International Director), Phil Byler
(AIMs Central Region Executive
Officer), Wendy Atkins (long-time
missionary in CAR & Mbororo team
leader), Pastor Gabriel Kpako (leader

of the Zande church from CAR) and

our ninja pilot Jay Mundy, we flew
across the Democratic Republic of
Congo towards the Central African
Republic. Expanses of thick, green
forests spread out below us. From
9,000 feet up only an occasional
village could be spotted we were
heading into the very centre of the
African continent, where the rest of
the busy world is largely unknown.
A huge thunderstorm engulfed our
flight for about 30 minutes, but the
Lord gave us safety as we touched
down in Zemio in the early afternoon.
Weather continued to be a
problem, so we ended up changing
our original plan of an onward flight
and instead hunkered down in Zemio
for the night. This gave me the
unexpected opportunity to spend a
wonderful rainy afternoon with Jean
Baptiste & Julienne (see right box)
a Zande couple who are already
working to reach out to the local
Mbororo people.

We witnessed lots of
rubble along the way,
which was all thats
left of churches the
Seleka destroyed.
Now, with the antiBalaka presence,
young angry men
are tearing down
mosques
The next morning we zipped over
to Obo for a long meeting with the
church leaders there. From Obo we
flew straight West, about 300 kms, to
a beautiful place called Rafaiwhere
AIM once had a significant ministry
presence. The motorcycle ride
from the airport up to the mission
station led through a huge canopy of
trees, with scads of butterflies. The
Zande welcomed us along the path
with songs and waving branches
truly Ive never witnessed a more
hospitable people in all my days in
Africa! The afternoon and evening
included church service and meetings
with the Rafai church leaders.
Onward to Bangui, CARs capital,
the next morning! The expanse of
the city struck me as we flew in over
the Oubangui Riveralmost one
quarter of the countrys population
lives in this city. As we touched down,
our plane raced passed the refugee
camp where thousands have sought
safety from the brutality which has
plagued their areas of Bangui. The
feeling of conflict was immediately
noticeable. Our drive was striking,
with the many armored military
vehicles representing various military
presences in Bangui (French, Africa
Union, United Nations).

Did you
know?
The Mbororo people

he Mbororo of CAR and

Chad are a large people
group (15-18 million),
related to the Fulani- the
largest nomadic people group in
the world. Mbororo means cattle
herder in the Fulani language.
They are semi-nomadic. Some
take the herds to find pasture,
while the rest stay home and farm.
They are Muslim, but fear the
spirit world and wear fetishes and
charms for protection.
As the country of CAR
continues to plunge into chaos
and conflict the team which was
planned to go and work amongst
the Mbororo is now going to
be placed in Northeast Congo
instead.

25%

of CAR live in its

Capital, Bangui

CAR

is one of the leastdeveloped countries

in the world

39yrs

is the average life

expectancy in CAR

Jean Baptiste & Julienne

Please give
thanks for
J Baptiste
ean
& J
ulienne
Mboriundore,
Zande
missionaries to
the Mbororo.
J continues
ean
to reach out to
the newly resident (normally nomadic, but are
now settling in at Zemio) Mbororo people. J
ean
has learned a good amount of their language,
F
ulani, and has an open relationship with their
chief, Urdu Omar.

Though people were walking

about the streets seemingly normally,
the reports we were told by our escorts
were troubling. We witnessed lots
of rubble along the way, which was
all thats left of churches the Seleka
destroyed. Now, with the anti-Balaka
presence, young angry men are tearing
down mosquesapparently 72 out of
80 mosques have been destroyed in
the city. All of this was going on while
heavily-armed soldiers stood by, not
interfering, since policing these matters
was not part of their mandate. It all had
a tense and somewhat surreal feel.
Two steamy hot days in Bangui
were spent mostly listening to the
many stories of the church folks
death and danger have become all too
normal in this city. I should mention
that, from listening to various church
peoples take on the realities on the
ground, the international media has
grossly misrepresented the conflict
which has plagued CAR. The conflict
is first and foremost of a political and
retaliatory nature. The Anti-Balaka
are NOT representing Christianity as
the news stories report, but rather
are bands of largely youth, many of
whose villages and families have been

Identity
in Christ
In April it was 20
years since the
Rwandan genocide.
Nancy Lambrechts
shares about two
friends she meets
to read the bible
with. A Hutu and a
Tutsi

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entirely wiped out. They are on a quest

for personal revenge as well as for the
overall good of the countryin their
efforts to purge CAR of the abusive
Seleka forces.
Our trip concluded with our return
to Zemio, where we were once again
enthusiastically met by the Zande
church.
We praise God for his many
provisions. Our hearts are ever-more
burdened for the plight of the Zande
church, Mbororo, and the state of
CARs capital.

The trip to CAR was

to meet with the
Zande church about
a team coming to
their area, gain their
advice and seek to
give them ownership
of the proposed
team. But mixed
in with all these
plans is CARs new
government heavy
on dictatorship, light
on human rights.

he week before the memorial

week, 20 years after the
Rwandan genocide, I sat in my
living room with two girls. Two
girls who have come to know Christ.
Two girls I read the Bible with. Two girls
who I have grown to deeply care about.
Our threesome is an interesting dynamic
in many respects. From different nations
and different generations, from different
tribes and speaking different languages.
A muzungu, a Hutu and a Tutsi.
I asked the question, Is the
memorial week going to be a hard time
for you? My Tutsi friend started to
speak of some of the challenges she faces
during memorial week, she began to cry,
to sob. The Hutu girl put her arm around
her and said mwihangane (be patient
- used to show sympathy). I looked on

as my Hutu friend comforted her. In

that moment it struck me that genuine
forgiveness and reconciliation can only
come through the cross of Christ.
The Lambrechts family have lived
in Rwanda for 4 years. Loots
Lambrechts (AIM mission partner)
and Determine Dusabumuremyi
(Rwandan partner) lead PTW (Preach
the Word) training course based in
Kigali - for more on this story please
visit the Lambrechts blog
lnlambrechts.wordpress.com

I loved idols

oger, like many people in Madagascar, grew

up in a culture of ancestral spirit worship. In
talking about his past, Roger writes: I loved
idols because I got rich from idols. But I felt
that the idols tricked me. I was always ill, every year.
By Gods grace, he rescued Roger from this empty life
and brought him into a new life with Jesus. Roger soon
became the leader of his village church; his wife and
nine children forming the core of the congregation.
Roger is one of 38 village church leaders who come
to Mandritsara twice
a year for a month of
Bible teaching. However,
recently Roger spent
an extra few weeks in
Mandritsara, not for
training this time, but as a
patient at the Good News
Hospital. He had slipped
off the edge of a road
during heavy rain and been
sucked down into a metal pipe and transported under
the road before emerging on the other side with a large
gash below his knee. He could easily have drowned. But
as he recounts his story, he tells me of the moments
when he prayed for God to save him when he felt his
foot slipping, thanking God when he was able to breathe
again, no longer completely surrounded by water but
still in complete darkness in a metal pipe under a road
and praising God for his salvation when he emerged
from the pipe. There were other times. He arrived at the
hospital a few days later with severe infection, requiring
strong antibiotics and a skin graft but hes now back at
home and with another story of Gods salvation to share
with those around him.

By Gods
grace, he
rescued Roger
from this
empty life

The Linleys live in Mandritsara,

Madagascar. Amongst other
things, Mat Linley is involved in
co-ordinating leadership training
for church leaders in villages
around Mandritsara. Katy is a
doctor at the Good News Hospital.

www.mandritsara.org.uk

Mobilising Mission

Tim Matthews is our Area Mobiliser for North

England & Wales. He talks here about his role
in helping churches send gospel workers to go
and work amongst the peoples of Africa.

wo years in and I think things are making

sense now at least most of the time as I
talk, travel, plan, preach, prepare, wonder,
pray, read, check emails, meet in homes,
coffee shops, conferences, churches, universities
and motorway services!
All this doing is geared around three areas
working with new candidates God is calling to go
to Africas unreached peoples; churches and other
groups who are supporting or interested in AIMs
work; and existing mission partners coming on
home assignment or end of service. Somehow they
all seem to blend together and make the role of a
mobiliser very varied, busy and above all exciting.
We are directly involved in the lives of those God
is calling to go to the ends of the earth and to trust
him above whatever they currently have and know.
How I got here was entirely down to our
heavenly father, who never lets our experiences
go to waste and is always preparing us for the
next work and phase of service he has planned.
My background was in small and multinational
companies, then running my own businesses, until
the Lord gave me the opportunity to do a part
time Bible College course. Im an elder in my home
church in Irby and was also in my previous church,
so as I look back I can see how the Lords hand
has been guiding and preparing me. I guess I must
also expect that this role is about learning and
preparing for whatever God has for me to do in the
future too!
The coming year is looking good Im now able
to plan strategically how AIM can engage more
effectively with the churches, work wisely and
helpfully with the good number of candidates we
currently have applying for Long Term Service, and
hopefully manage the business and apparent chaos
of a mobilisers life that little bit better.
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The
Distant
Boat
The Distant Boat is a
feature-length movie drama
with the aim of stirring the
heart of the African church
toward greater involvement
in missions. Released in
October 2013, the film is
already making an impact.

n a recent visit to
Nairobi, Andrew
Chard met up with
Reuben Nzuki
who is the National Director of
Finish the Task, an organisation
partnering with AIM on the
Distant Boat project. Reuben came
to Christ through AIM broadcasts
in Kenya during the 1960s and
has served for over thirty years
in cross-cultural mission in the
hardest to reach areas in Africa.
He is passionate about mobilising
the national Church to engage in
mission among the un-reached.
Reubens specific role in the
project is helping to distribute
the film. There has already been
a request from an institution to

provide 1000 DVDs so that all of

their graduates have a copy! There
are also plans to show the film in
different locations in Kenya as part
of a weekend focus on mission.
There is also a helpful study guide
and information card to fill in, if
you want to get more involved
in cross-cultural mission, that
accompanies the DVDs.

There has already been

a request from an
institution to provide
1000 DVDs so all of their
graduates have a copy!
As well as being involved
in the distribution of the film,
Reuben is using his experience
to facilitate the placing of gospel
workers. As you can imagine, that
is a challenging task with all the
logistical issues that are involved
in mobilising, sending and
supporting missionaries.

Barry Mann says

The film is fantastic. The whole
OFM team & supporting crew/cast
produced a film which is not only
produced and filmed well but
is challenging to the church in
Africa and across the world.
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Reuben Nzuki, National

Director for Finish the
Task and Andrew Chard,
European Director.
Rueben is a visionary and
is an inspiring person to meet.
He already has a desire to see a
follow-up film made exploring
some of the problems missionaries
can encounter, for example; poor
financial support, family issues
and education. These difficulties
are real and he wants to help
educate believers through the
medium of film.
In one sense the hard work
has been done in producing this
film, yet in another it has only just
begun. Pray for Reuben and the
national team, that they will be
given great wisdom in distributing
the film and in preparing and
supporting those who go - in
Christs name and for Gods glory.

Watch the film

To watch the film yourself
and find out more about the
project, visit the Distant Boat
website or contact the office:
www.distantboat.com

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