Category: Prayer Letter
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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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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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November 2014 Update
Dear Pastor and Friends, Rebekah and I want to being by wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving! God is good and we are blessed to have friends like you! Language Update: November marks our 10th month in language school. We knew coming into this that it was going to be a long, difficult process.…
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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…
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Coffey Family August 2014 Prayer Letter
Prayer Request Our first church plant the 1st of Sept. Right location for the new church Souls saved & faithful men Our language learning. We still have a long way to go. Starting the new church will definitely push us more in the right direction. More Highlights Amy and I sang our first Xhosa special…
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July 2014 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastor and Friends, June 24th, 2014 at 7:20pm, Rebekah gave birth to our fifth child, Ezekiel Michael Hall. Though, he was too small to survive the birthing process, weighing only 2 pounds, immediately he went on to be with our Lord. We are grateful for the 6 months the Lord allowed us to carry…
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July 2014 Coffey Family Prayer Letter
Prayer Request For our two college interns that will be here until August. That we find the right piece of land for Wells Estates Baptist Church For Amy and I to learn the Xhosa language Bible studies to go well for Pastor Sipho at Kwadwesi (location of the new church plant) – Over 20 professions…
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A New Chapter
I had the privilege a couple of days ago to give a short devotional to the group that is here visiting. What I spoke about in the devotion was Joshua chapter 1 and how Joshua was beginning a new chapter in his life. For those of you who don’t remember the story, the Lord instructed…
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Coffey Family May 2014 Prayer Letter
Prayer Request That we find the right piece of land for Wells Estates Baptist Church For Amy and I to learn the language For two of the pastors we are helping go full time: Pastor Thami & Pastor Ntobeko For our missions teams coming in June and July Highlights All travel expenses of our trip…