Category: Updates
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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…
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Coffey Video Ministry Update
Before we left for the US in February we made an updated version of our ministry video. The first one we did was hosted by our son Luke when he was 11 years old I believe. Things have changed a bit since then. If you’ve never seen the first video you can check it out…
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Coffey Family May 2023 Prayer Letter
Prayer Requests & Praise Quick Updates Being back home here at Camp Rhino, at our churches, and at my bible studies these past few days has been very refreshing. We really miss our children in America, but we’re very glad to be back in South Africa. At the end of May, we have a…
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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 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…