Category: Updates
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Coffey Family November 2024 Prayer Letter
December marks the beginning of our summer camp season here at Camp Rhino. Please keep our Teen and Junior camps in your prayers, as we expect around 400 attendees, including campers, counselors, and staff. We are currently seeking sponsors for our campers, and any support would be greatly appreciated! Each camper costs us about…
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Coffey Family October 2024 Prayer Letter
Please pray for our family and friends here in South Africa. We suffered a great loss on Sept 21st. The first girl who moved into our youth home and lived here for 4 years was tragically killed at 19 years old. She was like a daughter to us. She was saved at our first teen…
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Coffey Family July 2024 Prayer Letter
A few weeks ago, a family of six visited our church: a father and mother with their four children. This was the first time in our history of working in the townships that we had a complete family visit our church. It’s rare to find a married couple with children in our area; we only…
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Coffey Family June 2024 Prayer Letter
The rains came down and floods came up. Actually, it was more like a river redirected straight through Camp Rhino which included our house.:) Around 11:45 pm on Saturday, I walked toward the living room to witness water coming under our back doors. I was glad I didn’t go to bed at my normal 10…
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Coffey Family May 2024 Prayer Letter
Our time in the States was fruitful, but we are very glad to be back in South Africa. This past weekend Camp Rhino hosted its first ladies’ retreat with all the churches and it went great. The guys here at camp took over the cooking duties for once to make sure our ladies were well-fed. …
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Coffey Family March 2024 Prayer Letter
A month ago, the principal from Rocklands High School contacted me concerning renting out the camp for his senior class. This school rented our camp for 2 weeks in October this past year, so I wasn’t expecting to hear from him so soon. He shared that their current seniors are behind starting the year and…
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Coffey Family December 2023 Prayer Letter
We’re entering Summer time here in South Africa. Things start to slow down in the country with many people traveling back to their homelands and businesses shutting down for the holiday season. During this time we usually see a reduction in church attendance but are praying we reach new people who have no place to…
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Upcoming Coffey/ Bush Wedding
Please be in prayer for my family as we head back to the States for a month for my son Luke’s wedding. I will also use this time to raise support for our Rhino Youth Home. Amy and I are very proud of our son Luke and his fiancee Adriana Bush. Luke and Adri were…
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Coffey Family August 2023 Prayer Letter
The Rhino Youth Home recently experienced a remarkable turn of events. One of our girls shared a situation involving her mother, which left her younger twin brothers without proper care. Concerns about their safety prompted us to intervene and bring them here. Welcoming the 11-year-old twin boys into our youth home, they seamlessly integrated and…
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Coffey Family July 2023 Prayer Letter
Prayer Request & Praise Quick Updates We hit some pretty major milestones for the month of June this year. June 23 marked the 10-year anniversary of our family arriving in South Africa. On June 24th, Amy and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary. Thank you all for being with us along the way. We are…