Gary & Mary Reid

Gary and Mary's mission work

Gary and Mary have been serving in this project since 2005. They have been involved in church planting, preaching, teaching and serving the local Maasai community. Under God’s leading the church families now continue to establish church-based infrastructures and Gary continues to teach within the churches and at the Mission.

Under God’s leading they built PCEA Acacia Grove Mission and, together with its Steering Committee, they seek God to work through them for his glory.

Community-based infrastructure has been a part of their outreach, alongside showing God’s love within the community, including assisting two local government primary schools, and one government secondary school, as part of the ‘Maasai Seeds of Hope.’ In this way many children’s lives are being touched as needs are graciously met by our Father, including building improvements, alongside many books (including children’s Bible stories), toys, games, jigsaws and puzzles etc. being supplied for the benefit of these children.

God very specifically led Gary and Mary to teach as this is vital in the healthy growth and flourishing outreach of the church families. As family is fundamental, Family Sunday School and Family Bible Synopsis were central in the times of teaching and fellowship. Understanding God’s Word and having a deeper knowledge of Scripture were the key focus in these and the Worship Leaders’ Courses. 

Seeking for God to be glorified and the local community blessed, as God led and provided, support has included rainwater catchment, water distribution from boreholes, shallow dam construction, the refurbishment of classrooms, the building of nursery and primary school classrooms, provision of greenhouses and books to local schools, alongside assisting with playgrounds etc. 

Due to medical reasons, Gary and Mary were not able to return to the work in Kenya after their period of home assignment, but it is hoped that they will be able to return in the very near future.

Gary and Mary Reid and their family were called to overseas service and left for Kenya in July 2000. Their first place of work was PCEA Chogoria Hospital where Gary was involved with the overseeing of the rehabilitation of the hospital water system. From there, they moved to PCEA Honi Farm where Gary built water reservoirs and completed a water project for the community, and both he and Mary were involved in running children’s clubs, English morning services for young people and, Gary, preaching and teaching at a local orphanage. Gary and Mary have four adult children who spent most of their childhood and teenage years within Kenya, helping wherever possible; serving together as a mission family. The three eldest are now in full-time employment in the UK, and the youngest has just completed university in Northern Ireland.

Latest report March 2026

“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 
1 Corinthians 1: 9

Our Beloved has been so tender in his mercy, faithfulness and loving kindness towards us. Preparing for final home assignment has driven home the reality that we aren’t going to be packing (or preparing) our suitcases again with sun cream, and other essentials, to return back to the Mission. It has required us to look through pictures spanning over 25 years, jarring our memories and causing us to recall countless precious souls, stories and situations. Some memories are cherished; others, including driver ants, various sized arachnids and, especially the large, long-tailed visitors, we’d rather forget!

It is very special to know that, though we may not ever return to Kenya, we will meet our dear brothers and sisters again in heaven and have unbroken communion with our Beloved Saviour there. It is also special to know that the many who carried these precious souls in prayer and sought the glory of our LORD, and his Kingdom extended in Maasai land, will meet with those for whom they laboured for so faithfully in prayer, as guided by God’s Holy Spirit.

Having now started our final two months of home assignment, it has been so good to meet again with those to whom we hold such deep affection, cherished brothers and sisters who have journeyed with us over these many years and strived together with us in carrying God’s work, and even our family, in prayer, desiring that God would be magnified and ascribing to him the honour due to him alone. We sincerely thank our LORD for this opportunity to meet again with some of our fellow labourers and, indeed, with believers whom we have never met before.

Of course, our heart’s desire remains that God’s dear children in Maasai land will be carried in prayer and so we ask that you please continue to uphold them before our Father’s throne of grace. Thank you for sharing with us in this journey but, most importantly, seeking God’s glory and his Kingdom extended.

Prayer Points

• Give thanks, and pray, for the Maasai believers in Olkinyei and Siana that they will be strengthened by God’s Holy Spirit, rooted in love and that their hearts will be comforted and encouraged, being protected from evil.
• Please pray that God’s Holy Spirit will give us his words to speak during our final home assignment, and that we will share effectively (though it is only a drop in the ocean) what he has done, for his glory, honour and praise.
• Please pray that, day by day, we will be submissive to our LORD’s leading and guiding, and that we will faithfully follow him however, or wherever, he leads us in the days ahead.