jimoharries@gmail.com Happy Christmas to all! I invited an Egyptian who was staying here alone, to accompany me on a walk. As we set out, the sun was shining, and I assured him it couldn’t rain. He had a waterproof phone, so could take this ‘action’ picture when we were poured on … English in Church…

Mid-month news December 2024 Dear Friends, email: jimoharries@gmail.com Please pray for my mother. She’s still in hospital in Basingstoke, UK, as I write … Note this event, 6th Feb. (There will be a similar event in the German language the same evening.) Details pending … watch this space. (Participation will be by invitation only, but…

Dear Friends, My colleagues, Dr. Marcus Grohmann and Frank Paul, have prepared this video about vulnerable mission. The original in German is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WZsSDCbrI0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WZsSDCbrI0 (You can set it up to show captioned translations from German to English.) The title of the video is: Über Chancen, Anforderungen und Grenzen Verletzlicher Mission: Ein Praktiker erzählt, which…

Dear Friends, We are to open our new hospital here in Maseno on Friday. Welcome, if you can make a quick trip to Kenya: Boarding SchoolOne of the children I now look after did her first year of secondary schooling in a boarding school. In a discussion last night, I asked her ‘why didn’t you…

   from Jim Harries    jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, I am sending this news out a little early, so as to invite you to join this webinar, to take place on 24th October! Please sign up asap and then join us. Go here AVM Webinar with Craig McCorkindale Tickets, Thu 24 Oct 2024 at 12:30 | Eventbrite…

  Jim Harries      Glasses Found! My glasses slipped out of my pocket, months ago, as I was riding in a matatu (local minibus, means of public transport). I knew I would never see them again … Meanwhile, someone kept shouting at me to stop as I cycled through our local market centre. I ignored him….

     Jimoharries@gmail.com (My news is archived here: jim-mission.org.uk ) Christianity in Africa I confess, that I often consider myself to be a ‘trend leader’ when it comes to comprehending and communicating about Christianity in Africa. This is simply because I am not aware of many others who have made the efforts that I have to…

Mid-month news September 2024   (jimoharries@gmail.com) Dear Friends, Receive this news from Cape Town in South Africa! (Picture, from missions’ conference. Myself on the right.) Travelling Around I began my trip on 22nd August. I am due to get back home on 19th September. My first day of travel, 22nd August, I went to search for…

End-month news August 2024.    jimoharries@gmail.com News Archive: jim-mission.org.uk Dear Friends, Greetings from Kenya. Give thanks for a ‘solid’ hard working month! In between evangelism and discipleship in the villages, I have been working hard preparing presentations that I am to be giving in South Africa, the first on the 27th August and the last on…

                                                        jimoharries@gmail.com For archive of Jim’s news, and other information: jim-mission.org.uk (Above image, with bible students, Tanzania, June 2024.) Old Lady’s Funeral I was struck recently by the discourse at the funeral of an old lady. This old lady had a stroke months before. Now there were questions as to whether she had been…

End-month news July 2024 jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, A convent at Maseno. This image illustrates the intended final appearance of a new building being constructed here on the Coptic Orthodox compound in Maseno, Kenya. Builders are working incredibly hard, often late into the night. To my understanding, The building is intended to host Coptic sisters, and…

Dear Friends, Give thanks, that I have travelled safely back to my home in Kenya, despite rumblings – as you probably know, there’s been a lot of unrest around the country as a protest to tax-hikes. I look back on a very fruitful 2 months in Tanzania, and thank you for your prayers. I have…