Tim was in his second year of teaching Religious Studies and Philosophy at King Edward VI Five Ways School in Birmingham when he felt God was calling him to do something less ‘comfortable’. He realised that having moved from college to university and then straight into a grammar school post, he needed to take some real time out to grow with God and be a little more courageous in doing His work.

He wrote to a number of mission organisations for information, but felt drawn to AFRICAN QUEST, a nine-month mission programme run by Next Generation Missions and based at Kaniki Bible College in Zambia. Having prayed into this seriously, he received all the confirmation he could ever need that this was God’s will for his life. So he took a step of faith and gave up his job, although he was the first African Quest applicant for that year, and joined African Quest in their 6^th year. He went out to Zambia for the first time, as a member of the AQ team, in September 2004, shortly before his 25^th birthday.

It wasn’t long before Tim’s leadership skills became apparent, so he was given some extra responsibilities and leadership training whilst working on the team and took over the leadership of a new team in September 2005, along with two other new leaders, Robyn from America and Norman from Costa Rica.

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