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January 2015 Coffey Family Prayer Letter
The quote for building materials for all the walls on the first floor of New Life Baptist Church comes out to 48,790 rand which is about $4,435. This will be the cost once we have the foundation completed, which will include a single garage-size basement. For months, I have been mentioning this church, and our…
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Financial Tips for Interns and Missionaries
Financial Tips for Interns and Missionaries Banks: You will need to check out which bank you want to use prior to arriving on the field. ATM fees, extra charges and lower exchange rate are things that will dip into your monthly support. ALL banks charge something. Several claim they don’t, but they do. Some are…
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Coffey Family December Prayer Letter
Our family hopes everyone had a terrific Christmas and want to wish everyone a happy new year. We are thankful for your involvement that allows us to do the work of the ministry. It’s hard to believe 2014 is coming to an end, but we are excited about what is before us. As we look…
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Coffey Family November Prayer Letter
Our family moved over to Wells Estates Baptist Church about three weeks ago. Since we have been in South Africa, we have been based at Madiba Bay Baptist Church. We made the move to Wells because it’s about a 10 minute drive from where we hope to start the new church. This will enable us…
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Please Pray for the Underwood Family
We received news from our team member, Stephen Underwood, that his father unexpectedly passed away in his sleep this past Saturday morning. Please be praying for Stephen and his family. His dad was only 55 years old and this was very unexpected. I believe the funeral will be Tuesday morning at McFarland Hills Baptist Church…
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WorldEvangelism.net
I was privileged to write a highlight on missions in South Africa for the new blog WorldEvangelism.net. Take a look if you have a few minutes. It’s a little longer than I usually write, but there are some pictures:) Maybe they will let me write again if I can get you guys to read and…
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Surprise!
Yesterday, my wife surprised her sister, and pretty much everyone else from our family and home church by flying in to see our newly born niece, Selah. Thanks to a faithful supporter, my wife was able to be with her sister, Stephanie Cornwell, right after the birth of her new baby girl. We were hoping…
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Update on Baby Grace Bassham
Many prayers were answered this past week when little Grace Bassham checked out of NICU and the hospital in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday morning. The Bassham family are grateful for all that sent financial support, but they are even more grateful for the many prayers that were prayed for the new little baby. The infection…
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Pray and Give for Baby Grace in Thailand
Yesterday, I wrote about our good missionary friend’s Philip and Lori Bassham new little baby Grace. She was born on Monday and everything looked good for a little while until she started having problems breathing. The Doctors feared she may have the Step B Infection. They moved her to NICU and put in an incubator and…
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Coffey Family September 2014 Prayer Letter
Delay…. Probably. Please continue to pray. The location we planned to use for the new church plant fell through this past week. One of the owners was worried the community would be upset with a church being started in the neighborhood, and wouldn’t give us the go ahead. We’re not sure if this is a…