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AIM Sites is a service of Africa Inland Mission’s On-field Media Ministry. Here you will find a doorway to the growing number of AIM missionary blogs and webpages, information on how to start one yourself, and resources for becoming a better communicator. The front page features some of the best and latest posts we've found, as well as photography and videos from our missionaries and the Media Team. Dig around and you'll catch a glimpse of what God is doing in Africa through the ministries and missionaries of AIM. Stick around and maybe you'll be inspired to share your stories too.

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Web

AIMsites Getting Started Guide

Andy Brown

How to get started with AIMsites, includes setting up your site, choosing a template, creating pages and posts and links. (pdf - 508kb)

What is a blog?

Andy Brown

Get up-to-date on terms like blogs, posts, comments, pages, feeds, syndication, and other modern web terms. A great little primer for missionaries getting started with blogging with AIMsites.

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Photography

11 Helpful Tips

Mike Delorenzo

Getting the most out of your digital Point-and-Shoot - 11 Helpful Tips

Basic photography concepts

Ted Rurup

From OFM’s workshop on photography at the 2007 Kenya Conference. Topics include composition, lighting, color, framing, angles.

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Video

How to find legal music to use in a podcast or video

Mike Delorenzo

“How to use music creatively without going to jail, getting fined, or being a bad person.”
Here’s a link to a good reference that will give you some information and options for adding legal music to your online videos.

Getting video from your camera to your site

Andy Brown

How to share your videos with your friends/family/supporters on your AIMsites blog

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Writing

Tips for Writing Prayer Letters

Mike Delorenzo

A condensed version of a piece written by Alvera Mickelsen.
Presented at AIM Orientation School Prayer Letter Seminar

The Ailing Prayer Letter

Mike Delorenzo

There was a day when I filed the prayer letters I received. I considered them history in the making, a living testament of God at work through His Church, a vital link with the Body in faraway places.

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Walking in Shadow

On-Field Media

A story of the muslim mindset in coastal Africa, and the church’s responsibility to pray and engage

So We Do Not Lost Heart

On-Field Media

The great need of Rwanda

Our first year in Africa

the Brown family

The summary of our first year in Africa, what it’s like to pack up and move across the world, orientation, culture shock, what it’s like to live here, and the ministries we are involved in.


Moffat Bible College

On-Field Media

A video for Moffat Bible College in Kijabe, Kenya, showing the large need for theological education and training pastors throughout Africa.


Tumaini means hope

On-Field Media

Video showing the need for missionary counselors in Africa, and how Tumaini Counselling Center is making an impact throughout East Africa.

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