Africa Update
(A few of our school kids on the shore of Lake Victoria.) My daughter and I traveled to Kenya during the first two weeks of January to visit our school projects. This was an important visit as I have not been to Kenya in several years. The last time I was planning a visit, my […]
End of Year Needs
First, a big thank you to those who have contributed to this ministry throughout the year. Your support has allowed us to continue spreading God’s Word to thousands of people around the world. Your support has also allowed us to fully fund two schools in Kenya with over 150 children. And in 2016, your support […]
Ministry Needs
There are only two weeks left in the year and we are in need of an outpouring of support. We typically receive about 35% of our yearly support during the month of December. This allows us to plan for the year and make up the monthly shortfalls throughout the year. Our new facility in Kenya […]
Kenya School Update
At the end of last year we purchased a plot of land in Mathare containing a small tin building. At the beginning of this year we took a big step of faith and decided to tear down the old building and begin construction on a new facility. This year God has allowed us to accomplish […]
Kenya Food Baskets Update
Last week I wrote about our schools in Kenya and asked for your support with providing 150 food baskets to the families of our students during the Christmas season. Your response has provided all the necessary funds for this project and will even allow us to provide food baskets for all the teachers in our […]
Kenya Food Baskets
This has been a truly amazing year for our ministry in Kenya. Last year, at this time, I made a request for a building project for our school in the very impoverished area of Mathare, outside of Nairobi. Your response throughout the year was outstanding and we were able to complete two floors of the […]
Kenya School Update
It has been almost two months since my last update and we are so close to completion!! All that remains now is a little plastering, some painting, and quite a bit of general clean up and our school in Kenya will be fully operational. The kids have even begun using some of the upper floor […]
Kenya School Update
It’s time for our final push to allow us to move into our new school. Please read about the progress thus far and praise God for all He has done. I need to raise more funds so if you cannot read to the end, please just skip down and click on the Donate Now button […]
Africa Trip – He Likes to Show Off
Our family recently traveled to Malawi as part of a Make-A-Wish trip related to our youngest daughter’s struggle with cancer. A few more details about her wish and her journey with cancer can be found at: http://gdwm.org/category/kaylee-cancer/ Kaylee is a very special young lady! When she was asked about her one true wish, she said […]
Quick Updates
Our family will be traveling to Malawi, beginning this Saturday. We will have an overnight stop in Johannesburg and then continue to Blantyre Malawi on Monday. We will be in Blantyre all week and return home on Sunday. Here is a post from my daughter Kaylee explaining the trip: In case you haven’t heard already, […]
Cancer Update – Africa Trip
Three years ago we were in the middle of a difficult time as our youngest daughter, Kaylee, was in a battle with stage three ovarian cancer. The messages that came out of that season can be found at: http://gdwm.org/category/kaylee-cancer/ The Cancer Update portion of this message is that Kaylee continues to be cancer free and […]
First Quarter Update
A few weeks ago I sent out a request for funds related to our school in Kenya. This message can be seen at: http://gdwm.org/2016/03/first-quarter-report/ We needed to raise $10,000 to install a cement slab roof. The GDW Family was so faithful! You donated the full amount needed and we were able to complete the roof […]