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Transforming African marriages

11/18/2024

Africa Institute of Marriage & Family reaches from South Sudan all the way down to South Africa, and from Madagascar in the East to The Gambia in the West. God is doing marvelous things in the Christian families of Africa. That is true because of the hard work of many trained couples across the continent. We thank God for enabling this ministry to flourish. God bless it!!

Please pray for Nancy Siazilo. In the AIMF picture at the top, as you look at the picture, she is standing on the right side behind her husband Wilson. She was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer. They are seeking treatment now. We ask the Great Physician to heal Nancy. She and Wilson are an unfailing powerful couple in the effort to save African families.

11/14/2024

Many of you have been praying for Lizz, the teenager who has double breast cancer. She underwent a lumpectomy procedure on November 12th in Eldoret, Kenya. She should be released any day. We are praying that the chemotherapy and surgery will be adequate for her healing. Continue to pray for her and her family.

09/08/2024

These couples from The Gambia attended our workshop in February this year. The Gambia is a tiny country that runs along the Gambia River. It was carved out of Senegal by the British and the people speak both English and French.

For 52 years my job in Africa has been as a missionary. The word missionary is not in the Bible. It comes from the word "mission" which translated means "an important task that people are given to do." I can't think of a more important mission than the one Jesus gave to Christians, "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel..." Mt. 28:19. Missionary is my job title. My name is not missionary Fielden. I am Fielden who is trying to fulfill the mission of Christ. Some people confuse the job with a name. For example, my name is not husband Fielden, rather that is my relationship to my wife, Janet. I am not father Fielden--but I am the father of my children. Don't confuse your job with your name. You name is not pastor John, pastoring is your job title. Your name is not missionary Joseph, Christ's mission is what you do. Just say your name, such as, Hello, I am Fielden and I am trying to do Christ's mission in the world. Full stop!

08/28/2024

I'm amazed at the ingenuity of people to get the job done. If the river or creek is not big enough to baptize someone then what do you do? Well you could take a cattle feed trough that has been hewn out of a log, put a plastic sheet in it, and bring dirty water to fill it up. Or you could use a water hole, hardly big enough for 3 people to get into. I remember one time on Mount Elgon in Kenya we baptized someone in a stream that had so little water we literally had to push the baptizees down into the mud in order to immerse them. They came up out of the muddy water muddy all over but as white as snow on the inside! As Phillip and the Eu**ch travelled in the desert they came to a pool big enough to baptize and the Eu**ch said, "here is water, so what is hindering me from being baptized? And they went down into the water and Phillip baptized him." Acts 8

08/13/2024

Our 6 months in Africa, from early January through mid-July, was encouraging to us. We were able to touch families in Cameroon, Ghana, The Gambia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. Our efforts to register Africa Institute of Marriage and Family [AIMF] In Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, and Zambia is in its final stages. We are so thankful for the many godly couples who have not only been eager to learn how to help their own families but who are also now helping many other families. We are now teaching the Fall semester at Crowley's Ridge College. Our intention is to return to Tanzania in January 2025.

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In 1984 Janet and I were asked to counsel 4 young Kipsigis couples. The 4 men were Christians who wanted to marry uncircumcised Christian Kipsigis girls. The custom at the time was to remove part or all of the cl****is when the girls reached puberty. This was the transition from childhood into adulthood as a full member of the tribe. The young men were thinking way beyond their cultural training to what would be best for their spiritual lives and homes. Their un-Christian parents warned them that if they married uncircumcised girls, the girls would never get pregnant or if they did, they would not have sons. They proceeded with their marriages without the blessings of their parents. We spent several days with these couples. Within one year all 4 girls got pregnant and after another 9 months, all 4 had sons! The older generation couldn’t figure out what had gone wrong with their cultural beliefs and reason. God worked through these marriages and pregnancies to bring some of the parents to Christ.

The purpose of the AFRICA INSTITUTE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY is to create teams of African families, in every African nation, who know their own cultures and people. These teams will counsel and teach other families in their churches and villages. We are all about creating strong marriages with healthy families.

Please pray for God’s leading in the ministry that it may accomplish the goals we’ve dreamed of. We believe that Strong Marriage make Strong Churches.