This North Africa team has combined formal and relational strategies for learning Arabic, and this has proven extremely effective in not only learning Arabic but also in building meaningful relationships. The team lives in an urban setting and gets around either by foot or public transport. Team members report that many of their neighbors have found their own belief 
systems inadequate to meet their needs but are constrained from following Jesus due to fear. Perfect love drives out fear, and the team has been attempting to demonstrate that kind of love to people who have become dear to them. Rather than gathering a group of believers themselves, team members steer new followers of Jesus towards already established indigenous fellowships.
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Building is something that I enjoy doing, especially when Home Depot is right around the corner and most anything is available. For many years I have lived and worked in East Africa and been in numerous building projects. Over the years I have learned to accommodate local building practices in order to stay sane. 
When the team site was chosen for the Didinga TIMO team, I knew that once again I was going to have to make some major changes from even those building practices. Six units were proposed and work began on the first one, the team leader’s house. It was to be a blended home, one that tried to accommodate both cultures. We were going to have a round hut (tukal) on each end of the main house. The main house would be made of local material, but incorporating a steel roof for water catchment. Read More »
Last week, my mother and I visited my uncle and aunt, Tim & Emily, who are team leaders in the village of Mzenga. It was a very interesting experience. First of all, the living conditions were very different than I was used to. Most of the people lived in mud homes. My aunt 
and uncle’s home was made of cement block, but it was still much smaller than most homes I have ever been in. They had no running water, but they had many ingenious systems in place to make use of their rain water. Read More »
A report from one of our Chad TIMO members upon his return to Chad after evacuation:
Well, I’m back. It’s surreal stepping back into this world, life in America. I now sit in a comfortable, air-conditioned house with electricity and running water.
For the past two weeks I had the joy of being back in Chad, a land of extreme heat, no air conditioning, no electricity, and no running water. So where is the “joy” in going back to such a country as Chad? The joy is in the relationships. As I stepped off of the plane and into the muggy night air of Ndjamena, I felt a great sense of excitement and expectancy (even if all my bags didn’t come until two days later!). Read More »
Located on the edge of the Chalbi Desert in Northern Kenya at a place called Kalacha, The Chalbi TIMO team continues in the footsteps of many pioneers who have led the way in reaching out to the nomadic Gabra people. 
Led by Scott and Susie Hampton, well seasoned missionaries with experience as both TIMO team members and team leadership, the team launched into ministry on April 26th, 2008. Arriving in Nairobi, the team met for the first time and boarded the AIMAIR flight to Kalacha. Susie was waiting in Kalacha with a meal waiting. After a quick welcome and a meal, Scott and Susie took the team members to their new homes spread throughout the Kalacha community, introduced them to their neighbors and settled them in. Read More »
The Horn 1 TIMO team just had their debrief at a conference center in the chilly highlands of Kenya - a welcome relief from the 120 degree temperatures that plague the Horn of Africa at this time of year. 
The Horn is a “creative access” area, so in addition to the normal TIMO curriculum and language learning and relationship-based evangelism, team members were required to teach English in order to justify their existence with the government.
The team consisted of three couples and six single women. This was a very challenging team to be a part of for a number of reasons. Read More »
Located on the slopes of Mount Meru, En Gedi is the home and base of operation for the TIMO Administrative team. 
Named after the Old Testament place of refuge to which David fled for peace and restoration in 1 Samuel 23:29, the hope is that the TIMO En Gedi too will be a place of peace and restoration for all who live there and pass through.
En Gedi is a lush property with many types of fruit trees and flowers growing on the property. Read More »
I am sitting here in southern Sudan. It is different, but not as different as one sometimes thinks southern Sudan will be. There is relative peace and calm these days and so the people live and work much as they would in any other rural African location. They are friendly, farming, herding, and the vast majority definitely need Jesus. I am among the Lopit people where one of our TIMO teams is serving and nearing the end of their service as a team. Read More »
Welcome to the new website. We hope you enjoy this new design, and if you have any comments, please email us at: logistics [dot] timo [at] aimint [dot] net.
I want to share with you the incredible experience Tim Carpenter, Paul Tanner and I (Jon Hildabrant) had of opening up the Napep airstrip. As many of you know we have been working toward this event for about two years! Napep is located on top of the Didinga Hills, at an elevation of about 6,600 feet. Read More »
This North Africa team has combined formal and relational strategies for learning Arabic, and this has proven extremely effective in not only learning Arabic but also in building meaningful relationships. The team lives in an urban setting and gets around either by foot or public transport. Team members report that many of their neighbors have found their own belief 
systems inadequate to meet their needs but are constrained from following Jesus due to fear. Perfect love drives out fear, and the team has been attempting to demonstrate that kind of love to people who have become dear to them. Rather than gathering a group of believers themselves, team members steer new followers of Jesus towards already established indigenous fellowships.
