Mid-month news April 2026 Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, To UK for June? I am planning to come to the UK in June, if I can find somewhere to stay within easy travelling distance from Fareham. Mum is in a nursing home in Fareham, Hampshire. I want to be near her, so as to spend time…
Dear Friends,Please find various news items below. Luo TeachingHere is the small crowd I was with on 2nd to 5th March for a Wednesday evening meal. Alex is my student who is learning the Luo language, first on the left. His wife is taking the picture. Back in KenyaAfter 20 days in Tanzania, I arrived…
Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, My Two Weeks of Teaching I completed my two weeks of teaching in Tanzania, on 27th February. I taught on the Work of the Holy Spirit to 17 students at the Mennonite college. The teaching went well. This is a picture taken at the Mennonite church at which I worshipped in…
jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, I write while engaged in two weeks of theological education under the Tanzanian Mennonite church, based in Musoma, that is about 100km south of the Kenyan border. I am teaching on the Work of the Holy Spirit, to a group of 17 students. Widening Cultural Gap I sometimes reflect on the…
jimoharries@gmail.com Myself and fellow missionary, Gord Sawatsky, took three days to cycle to and on islands in lake Victoria, Feb. 2026. Cycling to and Around Islands in Lake Victoria Gord Sawatzky and myself took a ‘cycling holiday’ 2nd to 5th Feb. 2026. On our first day, we cycled about 87 km from my home,…
jimoharries@gmail.com Conference in Germany Below are pictures of some of my colleagues in the AVM (Alliance for Vulnerable Mission) at a missions’ conference in Germany. (I was not there!) An Article by Jim Harries that has just gone to press: I wrote this article following a flash of inspiration. I believe it very simply…
jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, One-Time Children Annual Gathering On the 26th December we had a celebration for children (and families) who I have at one time or another looked after. We do this every year. Typically, not many come, so I was very encouraged simply by everyone who was there. We were about 7 adults…
Dear Friends, Picture of myself and a local bishop in Yala, Kenya, with a visiting preacher from Tanzania. (The latter was once my student in a pastoral training school in Tanzania.) Theological Education in Africa – Serious Dilemma! Many theological colleges, Universities (and other institutions) in Africa are dependent on outside funding. When outside funding…
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Mid-month news December 2025 Jimoharries@gmail.com News-archive: jim-mission.org.uk Dear Friends, Last Message in German Go to this link to hear my final message shared with one of my supporting churches in Germany. The topic is, challenges in mission, herausforderungen in missions arbeit. Last Days in Germany In my last days in Europe, I…
