While traveling through much of South Africa that I’ve never visited before on our way to Mozambique, I’m reminded the need for the Gospel of Christ is great in places we didn’t even know about. We are on our way to Maputo, the capitol of Mozambique. We know of very little work being done […]
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Coffey Family January 2021
“These are crazy times” is quickly becoming the go-to cliche every where:). That’s definetely true for things in South Africa. Because of higher Covid numbers here in South Africa, tighter restrictions have returned. The closing of churches and not being able to sell alcohol are really the only things that have changed. We’re glad about […]
2020 Coffey Family December Prayer Letter
Prayer Request Wisdom concerning Junior and Teen Camps in December and January at Camp Rhino. Higher restrictions were placed on our province this past week that will probably change the way we do our normal camps. Our churches here are struggling a bit, just as churches in the States, from Covid. Our […]
Going Home
We have anticipated this announcement for quite some time now. What we thought would be a short trip back to the States for our oldest son’s wedding, turned into something much longer. We were supposed to return to South Africa on July 12th, but South Africa locked down their borders and kept us from going […]
October 2020 Coffey Family Prayer Letter
South Africa borders are finally open! Well, sort of… They opened to every country on October 1st, except for those they put on their “blacklist” as a high-risk nation with COVID infections (a total of 54 countries btw). As you may have guessed, the US is on that blacklist. We have two possible options to […]
Exciting Announcement: Coffey Family September 2020 Prayer Letter
Download PDF Prayer Requests & Praise Please pray the South African borders will open so we can get back home. We are hoping we don’t have to stay in the States past October. We were supposed to fly back on July 12th.We are continuing to help pastors and their families with food in Uganda, Kenya, […]
Coffey Family August 2020 Prayer Letter
Prayer Request & Praise We have finished the building for Vision Baptist Church, our forth church in South Africa. It is located in an area of Kwadwesi Extension. This is where we have had a Bible study for the last couple of years. Please pray the South African borders will open so we can get back […]
Update on New Roof at Camp Rhino
Before the lockdown in South Africa, we began construction on what were animal stables when we first purchased the property for Camp Rhino. We cleaned about 3 to 4 feet of manure and dirt out of the space and built a cement floor slab. Once restrictions started easing a bit, the crew returned to finish […]
Coffey Family July 2020 Prayer Letter
Prayer Requests & Praise 141 Pastors were helped this last month in Kenya, Zambia, and South Africa because of your giving. We can’t thank you enough for your generous gifts that have helped these families eat over the last few months. For about $20 we can help these pastors’ families survive on cornmeal or something […]
Coffey Family June 2020 Prayer Letter
Wedding Day The day has finally come for my oldest son Tyler to get married. We are excited that Lydia Bush will be an official part of our family in a few hours. I’m thankful for Jeff and Mindy Bush raising such a wonderful daughter. Tyler and Lydia at their rehearsal dinner We were uncertain […]
