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Dynamic Diana creates a very healthy space for the gospel in Nairobi
When Diana Ayabei turns up for work in the Kenyan capital Nairobi she must be ready for just about anything.
Tim Allan | 14 Jun 2024
More than 800 years of combined missionary service: a SIM Kenya legacy rooted in faith
The first night of the SIM Kenya team retreat wasn't filled with the usual icebreaker questions. There was a team trivia night. One of the questions asked,...
Tohru Inoue | 04 Jun 2024
Kenya floods emergency and SIM’s response
Devastating floods have caused widespread casualties and displacement in Kenya. Since April, torrential rains have displaced hundreds of thousands of people....
Tohru Inoue | 14 May 2024
How did he make you feel?
SIM Kenya director Dr. Peter Okaalet sadly passed away last year, having made a significant impact in the field of HIV/AIDS medicine, as well as in the lives...
Tohru Inoue | 01 Sep 2023
Word like rain to Gabra desert-dwellers
Life is hard for displaced Gabra desert-dwellers northern Kenya. But, though the ground is dry, God promises that the water of his gospel will not fail to...
Tohru Inoue | 25 Aug 2023
Teachers learn lesson in joy at Nairobi's Ark School
Teachers Mel and Sarah are learning a lot.
Tim Allan | 22 Jul 2023
The man who won't give up
Pastor Lesantan has been defying expectations for a while now, growing crops in a land where most think it impossible. Read how, despite a recent drought, he...
Tohru Inoue | 04 Apr 2023
Your distress, my miracle
This week’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria remind us that tragedy can overcome us at any time. The story of an air disaster miraculously averted, though,...
Tohru Inoue | 09 Feb 2023
Peny dances in the desert
How one woman brings life through ministering the gospel to children in Kenya's desert region.
Tohru Inoue | 09 Sep 2022
Sudan and South Sudan
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When He speaks peace: Pray for Sudan
Saturday April 15, 2023 brought war to the country of Sudan. Join us as we pray to the Prince of peace for all who are displaced and all who mourn.
Tohru Inoue | 23 May 2023
Come back next month
When the answers we seek don't come quickly it can be tempting to give up. A woman's decision to keep coming back to SIM's Doro clinic reminds us of the...
Tohru Inoue | 11 Apr 2023
The Mabaan Church stands for peace
In early December 2020, fighting broke out in the southern region of our Mabaan County between two groups of young men. Pastor Andrew felt called to...
Sandy Ewan | 02 Sep 2021
When it doesn’t add up: Help needed at the clinic in South Sudan
The SIM Doro clinic is in desperate need of doctors and nurses as staff try to deal with a huge rise in patients, many of them refugees living in makeshift...
Tohru Inoue | 11 May 2021
A story in the shadows
Some stories are hidden. And many of those unknown stories are about people going to hidden corners of the world and bearing great light.
Tohru Inoue | 08 Apr 2021
Bible translation: Even with a few words
You might understand Bible translation takes hours and even a lifetime to complete, but what does that truly look like? And what kind of transformation takes...
Tohru Inoue | 01 Apr 2021
Come fly with me
Ever wonder what it’s like to travel into rural South Sudan with SIM? Let Tohru Inoue take you there.
Tohru Inoue | 23 Feb 2021
Don't look down on Timothy
Theological Education by Extension equips pastors with training on the road and in remote areas throughout South Sudan. Read how it's helped non-traditional...
Tohru Inoue | 26 Jan 2021
I can’t preach but hand me a wrench
Most come out to South Sudan with the focus of mending broken bodies or guiding hurting hearts. Precious few have the desire to tinker or see how things...
Tohru Inoue | 10 Dec 2020
He saw it himself
God is showing himself. Just ask the SIM workers who walk the villages and refugee camps in South Sudan.
Tohru Inoue | 05 Nov 2020
Tanzania
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Like the widow knocking, Tanzanian team hopes for return
It takes a certain toughness to keep praying the same old prayer. SIM's team who once worked in Tanzania have encountered this kind of test as they pray to...
Tohru Inoue | 28 Sep 2021
From the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro
I awoke to the sound of the wind howling through camp. The walls of my tent shook violently as I glanced at my watch. It was just after midnight; in about an...
Jason Pierce, SIM missionary to Tanzania | 18 Oct 2018
Speaking without words
Sometimes I fail to realise that God is the One who is truly at work. He doesn’t need me to say a single word in Swahili to move in the lives around us.
Lauren Pierce, SIM missionary to Tanzania | 14 Sep 2018
Ethiopia
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Gospel refuge for Ethiopia’s hidden children
When a couple could find no help for their disabled daughter in northern Ethiopia, they immediately saw a gap for gospel ministry. Now under new leadership,...
Tim Allan | 20 Apr 2023
Those who cannot read are taught to teach the Bible
Helping unschooled women teach the Bible to kids was the last thing on SIM worker Sharon Samson's mind. But when she saw the need she eagerly used her skills...
Theresa Mittower and Sharon Samson | 20 Oct 2022
Jesus washed my feet
There was a lack of love in Sara's young life. Abandoned as a baby, her adoptive mother could not love Sara as much as her own children. While attending a...
Sports Friends team | 13 Jun 2022
The fork in the road
There's an untrodden road that leads to communities where Jesus isn't known. Watch this reflection on the old path behind and the new one ahead in Ethiopia.
Neil Sandoz | 24 Mar 2022
I can hear you
Addis, Yohannes, and Joseph lost their hearing during childhood. When they moved to Addis Adaba for better opportunities, they found it difficult to gain...
Tohru Inoue | 15 Mar 2022
Broken vessels witnessing God’s work
We can think missions is making Christ attractive by the excellence of our work. But what happens when our brokenness becomes apparent? A former missionary...
Tohru Inoue | 21 Feb 2022
Ethiopia: shining the Christ-light
Internal conflict in Ethiopia has raged on for a year, with conflict extended past the north to two neighbouring regions. Our team met to pray and sing "The...
Tohru Inoue | 11 Dec 2021
From SIM ministry to SIM partner
The Anchor for Generations ministry began six years ago as an extension of SIM Ethiopia’s Hope for Life network. Now the ministry has grown to be...
Christy Mast | 22 Jul 2021
Long awaited fruit: The Kafa Bible
The Kafa Bible was dedicated in Bonga, Ethiopia, earlier this year! Read about this labour of love spanning more than 40 years and including a throng of...
Tohru Inoue | 06 Jul 2021
Seeing God’s glory in business
Kibir. It’s the Amharic word for glory. An SIM ministry by the same name is aiming to see the Ethiopian marketplace redeemed. They want to see businesses...
Tohru Inoue | 03 Jun 2021
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