{"id":3557,"date":"2020-06-06T03:48:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T03:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2025-04-10T21:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T21:29:54","slug":"three-inlanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/2020\/06\/06\/three-inlanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Inlanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Inlander Blog&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#8f8f8f&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/04\/Inlander-blog-header4.png&#8221; background_size=&#8221;contain&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;151px&#8221; height=&#8221;100px&#8221; max_height=&#8221;100px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|1px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||0px|false|false&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Story post&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#3a3a3a&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Lead image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/06\/Three-Inlanders-Lead2-1280&#215;798-1.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Three-Inlanders-Lead2-1280&#215;798&#8243; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Blog Lead Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]&nbsp;[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Main post&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#898989&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||37px|||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#f4f4f4&#8243; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; height=&#8221;0px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;34px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|10%|0px|10%&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Three Inlanders<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Sub-head&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Roboto|500|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|10%||10%&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>For 125 years now, God has raised up men and women to serve Him through AIM in the hard places across Africa. 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He loves the kids we have met that ask us to pray with them, and the kids who only attend school on days that food is being prepared. He loves the baby who is enjoying the \u2018local brew\u2019 as it is spoon fed to him, and he also loves the grandma who is doing the feeding. He loves the shepherd boys and the drunk teenagers, and he even loves the sorcerers and the young men who fight with the neighboring tribe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn What\u2019s So Amazing About Grace?, Phillip Yancey concludes that, \u2018Obviously, Jesus did not give the parables to teach us how to live. He gave them, I believe, to correct our notions about who God is and who God loves. He does not encourage us to live the life of a drunkard, to run away with our inheritance and waste it all on worldly pleasures, or to have a debt worth 20 years\u2019 wages, but He does remind us that grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s true for me, it\u2019s true for you, and it\u2019s true for the Laarim people. I have been learning a lot about the language and culture since being here, yet I have been learning and am in need of learning this truth more than anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/06\/three-inlanders-beka.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;three-inlanders-beka&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#d6d6d6&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#d6d6d6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<style> body{ font-family: minion-pro, font-size: 16px; serif; } <\/style>\n<h1><b>Beka<\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Having just completed a two-and-a-half year ministry assignment through Africa Inland Mission\u2019s TIMO (Training In Ministry Outreach) program, Beka served among the Zigua people of Tanzania. She and her teammates worked hard to learn the Zigua language and gain a deep understanding of their culture, giving them inroads to share Christ through the relationships they formed in their Islamic community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The team even started a primary school where the children have daily opportunities to learn about Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">But it wasn\u2019t always easy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThere are seasons here filled with light and hope,\u201d wrote Beka in a prayer letter. \u201cOpportunities arise to share the truth of the gospel. People seem responsive. Relationships seem to go forward with ease. In these seasons, God is at work. Then there are seasons when the darkness seems impenetrable. It\u2019s thick and heavy. It seems like change will never come. And in these seasons, God is at work. This world is not fair. Its brokenness is pervasive. But we trust God will make something beautiful out of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Pray for Beka and her teammates as they consider God\u2019s next steps for them, and that God would continue the good work He\u2019s begun among the Zigua people of Tanzania<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/06\/three-inlanders-ann.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;three-inlanders-ann&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#d6d6d6&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#d6d6d6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<style> body{ font-family: minion-pro, font-size: 16px; serif; } <\/style>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Ann<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Now working on her fifth language, Ann, a medical doctor, has been serving in Africa since 1988, beginning her work in Kapsowar, Kenya, and moving to Chad in 2004. Serving among the unreached Maba people, Ann recognized a deep need for someone to care for those suffering from mental illness.In one village of about 1,000 people, she entered the home of a family whose deaf son had suffered with mental illness for many years. She found him with his hands and legs tied, and sitting naked in a sandy hole in the dirt floor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt was so sad, and so unnecessary,\u201d says Ann. She asked the family if she could pray for him, and gave them some medications to give their son. During her next visit, the boy was up and about and smiling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s so difficult to see people suffering \u2013 to live in fear, all your life, and to be chained up for years and years, and all the distorted thoughts they have. 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