Category: camp ministry
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Coffey Family April 2023 Prayer Letter
This month comes with sadness and joy. Lisolethu, a 17-year-old boy who lived at our Youth Home for over 2 years, quickly passed away from Spinal Meningitis. His funeral was held this past Saturday. We praise the Lord that Liso made a profession of faith and I believe we’ll see him again soon. Even after…
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Coffey Family March 2023 Prayer Letter
Prayer Request & Praise Quick Updates Being back in the States has been a fruitful time of raising more funds for the ministry in South Africa and we still have a few more weeks to go. I’m also encouraged by those who have shown interest in visiting South Africa for short term mission trips or…
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Coffey Family February 2023 Prayer Letter
Prayer Request and Praise Quick Updates We arrived back in the States on Feb 7th on my wife’s birthday, and haven’t stopped much. I traveled to Rural Hall, NC for a meeting the next day and then to the church I grew up in on Sunday, Whitfield Baptist Church, to preach and celebrate their 45-year…
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Coffey Family January 2023 Prayer Letter
Summer camp season has ended. From our junior and teens camps, we saw 61 young people make professions of faith in Jesus Christ. What a fantastic time with all our Camp Rhino workers and our volunteers from the States. This was definitely one of the best camp seasons in our short 4-year history. Over…
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Coffey Family December 2022 Prayer Letter
“Nobody broke a bone or was seriously injured in any way.” That’s always an excellent statement to hear after a week of junior camps, especially after a few new camp games were added that might have raised the possibility of injury a bit. Our junior summer camps at Camp Rhino have come to an end…
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October 2022 Coffey Family Prayer Letter
Prayer Requests & Praise 10 Young People made professions of faith during a Soccer tournament this past week held at Camp Rhino. This event was organized by 3 of our Bible college students. They promoted the event and also did all the preaching. It was neat to see them in action. Close to 300…
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Bright and Exciting Days Ahead for VBM Africa
After more than 9 years since the day we landed in South Africa, we are reminded of how quickly time goes by and how much older we are becoming. When I stepped off that plane being 37 years old, I already felt like I was getting a late start on the work that lay ahead. …
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Coffey Family August 2022 Prayer Letter
Prayer Requests & Praise I am currently discipling three new families that I don’t believe are saved. Would you pray for their salvation? They have been very open, but still need to realize that adding anything to Jesus is another gospel. Please pray for our son Chase and his wife Ashely. Chase was recently in…
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Coffey Family July 2022 Prayer Letter
Prayer Requests/ Praises My wife’s ear surgery seems to have been a complete success. We won’t know for sure how much hearing she regained until next month, but things are sounding good, figuratively and literally:) Thanks so much for your prayers. Please pray for Missionary Katie Dilfer’s South African Visa. She’s ready to come…
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Mission Teams and South Africa Youth Home
We have had a great and full month here in South Africa. Mission Teams have visited from Ohio, Michigan, South Caroline, and now Georgie. A group from Tennessee will be here at the end of this week. “Group Season” is one of my favorite times of the year. God changed my life on a mission…