The greatly anticipated Didinga Team started in October with an Orientation and Language Course that found them among the Didinga people about 4 to 5 hours walk from their homes. The orientation was held in Nagishot which was once a significant little British community of colonizers. It is also the sight of the closest church to Makiria, the area where the team is actually living and ministering. Fourteen adults and one teenager started with this team and they got off to a great start as they were led through Orientation issues, culture issues, and a course on how to learn the language. With local school students as language helpers, the team quickly found themselves able to share complete sentences in the Didinga language.
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A neighborhood in Nairobi
Matatus (small mini-van bus) fly down the streets, mounting sidewalks and sending pedestrians hurrying out of the way. Hundreds of cars pile up in traffic jams, while Masai herders lead their cattle slowly through the gaps between the cars. Children go for a swim in the water-filled potholes that line the streets of our community. Coffee houses, brewing rich, dark coffee, continue to spring up all across the city. Wild turkeys freely roam while hijab-clad women buy their vegetables from the local duka (shop). Frequently, the hustle and bustle is interrupted by the many local mosques calling their faithful to pray. Welcome to the modern city of Nairobi, our home. Read More »
Paulina out visiting
“I can’t do it!” A phrase I often say a lot here on this TIMO experience. “I can’t endure the heat, I can’t learn to like ugali (the tradition corn flour meal), I can’t learn another language, and I can’t put myself out there; what was I thinking?” Well, since being on this TIMO experience, God and the encouragement of my team leaders and teammates have been showing me that I CAN DO IT and hey! I am still doing it! I am not done with TIMO yet but I know that the ONE thing I will definitely glean from this experience is the day I said I couldn’t narrate to a … Read More »
Paul T, TIMO Logistics, attempts to cross a wadi in full flood.
WOW - Check this out !!!! This is the latest TIMO Connection news letter. Great pictures, really cool stories and much more….See what all is happening with the many TIMO teams… under the sidebar, click the ‘Connection - TIMO newsletter’ line.
“Walking on Dry Ground”
How much of what
we do do we do because WE
can do it? How much time
do we spend calculating our
resources, making sure we
have everything in place,
confirming we can accomplish
what we want based on
our abilities? This is very
Biblical (Luke 14:28)!……”"
by David H.
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clear blue water
Recently I spoke with a missionary who had recently returned from Home Assignment. She said, “All my friends back home get up and go to work each day, doing the same thing day after day, while for me as a missionary here each day is a new adventure!” This conversation took place as we were meeting with other missionaries on a beautiful cliff-framed beach overlooking 
the clear blue waters of the Indian Ocean. While we talked some of the men were just off shore, spear fishing for our lunch that included fish grilled over an open fire. Granted, that was a day off for the missionaries (and ourselves!), but for most of us missions actually is a wonderful daily adventure. We do not become missionaries because it’s an adventurous life — that just happens as we live and work in Africa. Read More »
