jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Making Sense of Africa I always find this when I come to the UK. Discourse in the UK constantly deprecates the reality of life in contemporary Africa. It is constant! Almost every reference to (sub-Saharan) Africa seems to be based on some kind of misunderstanding. The assumption, is of similarity, parallels,…
From Jim Harries, jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Time for Mum My mother had a serious stroke in mid-August. This has given her dementia. She can do very little for herself – needing help to dress, eat, toilet, and everything else. She recognizes family members, but usually not others. She is admitted into Winchester hospital, stroke…
Dear Friends, jimoharries@gmail.com My UK phone number: +447495098609 News updates below. Some very difficult news. My mother has had a very serious stroke, that has left her very confused. Some pictures illustrating some of my church-leader-colleagues in Yala, Kenya. My act of folly, trying to solve the situation of weeds growing in the gutter…
Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Please find my latest news below. UK / Germany programme for October / November 2025 I am, God willing, to be in the UK 2nd October to 17th November, then in Germany 17th November to 27th November. Some of my major visits are to include: Andover: 2nd to 10th October, 24th…
Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Present and Upcoming As I write, I am daily teaching a group of 31 trainee Tanzanian pastors to know how to preach. This is on a certificate level course. The wonderful side of this, is that these are men (and a few women) who have ongoing leadership responsibilities in their churches….
Jimoharries@gmail.com Wonderful Church Fellowship Visit A church fellowship visit I made on 10th July was a wonderful example of the fruitfulness of my theological education ministry to indigenous churches … After 10 miles of cycling, I arrived at the home of the bishop, long crippled by polio. He was, as usual, sat in his…
Jimoharries@gmail.com Travel Plans – Tanzania / Uganda I am, God willing, to travel to Tanzania 25th July, to attend a graduation ceremony on 26th July, then to teach on ‘how to preach’ at the Mennonite Bible college from 4th – 16th August. I may on my way back, pass through Kampala to visit some…
End-month news June 2025 jimoharries@gmail.com Grooming Gangs in the UK I have just been reading of Baroness Casey’s report on the grooming gangs that were (and perhaps still are) creating havoc with British girls in many parts of the UK. I welcome what she has to say. I encourage interested people to have a…
Dear Friends, Here’s an illustration of termite damage being done in my new house. One morning … suddenly termites have built with this mud behind a socket and higher up on the wall! (I am not yet back home, but this is a picture I was sent of in my home.) Sharing in Poverty To…
Jimoharries@gmail.com Back to Narnia The Narnia feeling is often strong when I come to Tanzania. Especially when I come up the hills to a place called Mbulu. It can seem like a lost world … in which much still goes on much as it did hundreds of years ago. That is only partly true….
