Category: Updates
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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…
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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…
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Exciting Announcement: Coffey Family September 2020 Prayer Letter
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, and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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. We were uncertain concerning flying back from South Africa earlier…
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May 2020 Coffey Family Prayer Letter
Prayer Requests & Praise God has opened doors for us to work in Zambia and in Kenya with some very trusted and proven national pastors along with a missionary from the Philippians. Pray more doors to be opened so we can help make even a greater impact in all of Africa. We are currently trying…
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Change in Plans
As many of you have heard, we were supposed to fly out on April 23rd for the States to be back for my son’s wedding and to also raise extra support for Camp Rhino. Unfortunately, because of the lockdown, our tickets were canceled. We originally decided we were just going to wait it out and…
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Coffey Family April 2020 Prayer Letter
Prayer Requests & Praise South Africa is currently on a 21-day lockdown like many other countries. This, of course, is affecting all our ministries. Pray God does a great work during this “downtime.” No one is supposed to leave their home unless it’s for food or medical needs. We were going to fly out through…