Mid-month news October 2026 Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Missionary colleague Alex Belov, the one on your left, and I, spent four days together at the end of September. We talked about everything (mostly in German). We visited and shared the Gospel at indigenous churches and fellowships, and I helped him learn the Luo language. God’s…
jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Some Reflections: The Vanity of Mission I listened carefully to the indigenous teacher articulating Christian theology and ethics using the Luo language. Hearing him was in many ways a joy! It was great to hear him articulate the efforts he had made to express himself using a language I have learned…
jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Find my news below. VDM Page BTW here’s my page for the VDM, German mission agency I have now joined: https://www.vdm.org/jharries I spoke to their administrator yesterday. He told me I needed to raise my income by 2000 euros per month. To donate to Jim in Euros (for tax exemption): Recipient: Vereinigte…
jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, VDM: Vereinigte Deutsche Missionshilfe VDM, is a German mission agency of which I am now a member. Give thanks for this wonderful development. VDM, in German is Vereinigte Deutsche Missionshilfe. That could be translated into English as ‘United German Missionary Assistance’. This is a highly respected well established German mission agency…
Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Mum The major change in mum’s situation, is that we (as family) have a few times over the last few weeks, received ‘emergency’ warnings from the home she is in. Mum has a few times apparently rapidly deteriorated causing concern as to whether she was in her last days, then she has…
jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Please find my news below. Conference, Pretoria, South Africa This IAMS (International Association of Mission Studies) conference, attended by about 250 delegates from around the world, was held at UNISA (University of South Africa), 17th to 21st July 2026. Three of us in attendance from the AVM (Alliance for Vulnerable Mission)…
jimoharries@gmail.com If you want to receive my news via whatsapp go to this link. Dear Friends, Family Time I spent the month of June in the UK. This was primarily so as to be with mum. Mum continues to be well looked after in the nursing home she has already been in for…
End-month news June 2026 jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Being in UK has given me opportunity to spend time with friends, especially those living near my mother’s nursing home: Mum in Deep Trouble Mum’s clearly in deep trouble. She very rarely talks, doesn’t understand what’s going on around her, in a world of her own, spending…
Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Please find my news below. With Mum On the left, my sister with Mum. It is beautiful to watch one’s sister in action caring for her mum! On the right, myself with mum lying in bed. Mum is thinner, walks less confidently, and talks less, than she did when I saw…
jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Doing it the Other Way Around! I was struck by a thought recently. In the West, we try to structure the physical world in such a way, as to render people emotionally satisfied. In Africa, we are trying to render people emotionally satisfied, so as to be effective in the physical…
