Ordinary People — AIM Stories

Missionaries are only human

But so often, they are placed on a pedestal or seen as “super-godly” individuals.

This series introduces you to missionaries throughout Africa Inland Mission, people who live in vastly different countries and environments and who engage in vastly different ministries.

Come meet these missionaries, these people who have answered God’s call to missions and are seeing Him work in wondrous ways, and explore whether you could be one of these “Ordinary People” as well.

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Ordinary People: Pauline and Alan

Pauline and Alan always felt called to the mission field. Little did they know God would have them wait until their retirement years.

Ordinary People: Phil

"I'm sort of like a caboose on a train,” Phil Manning says. “I just follow where the Lord leads and realize that it’s going to be a great adventure.”

Ordinary People: Debbie

One school teacher's love for missionary kids has led her from the Congo to Kenya to Chad.

Ordinary People: Crystal

In Torit, where hot winds kick up sand and tiny dik-diks prance through her back door for a visit, Crystal is far from her family but close to their hopes for her.

Ordinary People: Bill and Helga*

The Stewarts* (names changed for security) asked a gutsy question: "If you could send us anywhere, where would you send us?” And then, they went.

Ordinary People: Christoph and Heidi

How does God move a couple from a contented life in Germany to the bleak but stunning ridges of Uganda?

Ordinary People: Lyle and Ingrid

When Lyle and Ingrid first set foot in Moroto, Uganda, they thought they’d stepped into an old western film.

Ordinary People: Rosina

As a Sakalava woman herself, Rosina has a deep desire to bring the gospel to her people.

Ordinary People: Phil and Linda

How does a family-practice doctor with a love for sailing end up as the leader of a ministry team in the remote hills of landlocked South Sudan?

Ordinary People: Solange and Edilson

We have this joke with our teammates: Eddie goes like a tractor, opening the road, and we just go following him and doing the planting.

Ordinary People: Wayne and Joyce

Wayne and Joyce started their life on the Kenyan coast among the Digo people back in 1987, and now they are spreading their passion for missions to a younger generation.

Ordinary People: Forrest and Purity

In the summer of 1990, after a short-term mission trip to northern Kenya, south Californian Forrest discovered that Africa had gotten into his blood. Shortly afterwards, he joined a TIMO team in the Lake Victoria area, realized God was gifting him to work as a missionary, and returned to the U.S. to obtain his master’s degree in intercultural studies.

Ordinary People: Donna

If you have any questions about the recent history of Africa Inland Mission and the key players in any event, simply knock on Donna’s front door.

Ordinary People: Krista

Leading a TIMO team in a Muslim town in central Chad wasn’t originally on Krista’s agenda. But because of her and her husband's obedience, people are finding Christ.