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In CMSI, we get to hear lots of incredible stories: stories of God’s people engaging in God's mission; stories of lives transformed; stories of hope, renewal, light and love.
Our news and blog updates will give you a flavour of how God is at work in our world. Our monthly updates, inMission magazine and Link Letters from our Mission Personnel will inform and inspire you - and fuel your prayers.
We hope that these stories encourage you to connect, equip and transform.
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Oltiasika Adventures
Sunday 14th July Over the past two days the team have been in Oltiasika which is in a very remote part of Kajiado District. Our journey...
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Jul 15, 2019


Honest questions and profound gestures
Thursday 11th July Our second day is drawing to a close in Kitwe. Because we'd next to no sleep during our time getting here, our first...
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Jul 13, 2019


Fond Farewell to Oloosuyian
Wednesday 10th July Kwaheri Rafikis! Today, we said a tearful farewell to our Oloosuyian family. During the short time that we spent at...
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Jul 11, 2019


The Surprise Mural
With only two workdays remaining, it was a surprise for Ronnie to set the challenge of painting a mural at the main entrance to the dorm....
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Jul 10, 2019


A long-awaited welcome
The CMSI team to Zambia has finally arrived in Kitwe after an extremely disrupted and complicated journey that took 48 hours. Here are a...
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Jul 10, 2019


Back to work - and play
After our weekend off, the early alarms returned for our penultimate day of work at the school. After all our hard work digging trenches...
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Jul 9, 2019


Sunday Snapshot
Sunday 7th July Today was always going to be a good day because we were treated to an extra hour in bed! This gave us the energy that we...
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Jul 8, 2019


Dancing Queens in Kathmandu
The sights, the sounds, the smells, the traffic, the heat and the rain... where do we begin? After almost 24 hours of traveling - and...
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Jul 8, 2019


Final day in Kayole
It was with heavy hearts this morning that we drove to Kayole for our final visit. Lucy started off our meeting by rallying the young...
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Jul 6, 2019


Handball scandals
Today, we were treated to a home favourite for breakfast – beans on toast. It’s safe to say it gave us the energy we all needed to make...
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Jul 6, 2019


Cross-cultural learning
Today was our fourth eye-opening day at school and it was fantastic. We had the opportunity to teach Maths and Physics to the Form Two...
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Jul 5, 2019


Zebra Crossings and inspiring people
This morning we were all giddy with excitement despite the early start of 5am as we headed to Nairobi National Park to see some of the...
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Jul 5, 2019


Food wars and learning together
Wednesday 3rd July At breakfast today we were treated to cereal, bacon, toast, pineapple and juice. Such a good feed set us up for a big...
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Jul 4, 2019


A Very Good Day
Wednesday 3rd July What a FANTASTIC day! We headed off early into the centre of Nairobi to sort out sewing machines and purchase some...
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Jul 4, 2019


Pancakes, singing and dancing
Tuesday 2nd July Much to our excitement, we woke up to fresh pancakes today and they were amazing. When travelling to the girls’ school...
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Jul 3, 2019


Cathedral breakfast and sewing progress
Tuesday 2nd July This morning we set off very early to attend a breakfast meeting with the All Saints' Cathedral church council. It was a...
CMS Ireland
Jul 3, 2019


Singing, working and building rapport
The team from Limavady Grammar School are well into their programme with CMSI's partners in Kajiado Diocese. Here are some updates from...
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Jul 2, 2019
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