Thursday 29 September 2016

Meet Kieran

Kieran is 8 years old and my middle son. He's a wonderful, kind, gentle child, and he will be heading to Liberia this November!  I'm so excited to share this experience with Kieran. Along with Don and myself, Kieran will be helping in construction of the school. Kieran will also have opportunities to participate in sports activities (soccer) with local children and visit a local Christian school. Kieran has been waiting to go to Africa for years and was so brave in preparing for this journey. He took his shots, all 7 of them, like a champ!  Along with his siblings, Kieran has sold apples, gone door to door, and helped out at our yard sale. All to help raise money for this worthy cause. It has been so exciting to see all the kids working together!  I can't wait to see what lies ahead for Kieran! 
"Please sponsor me so that I may accomplish great things for the people of Africa.  God is calling me to go to Africa so I need to listen".      
- Kieran

To sponsor Kieran please donate online through QYFC.com  

Friday 9 September 2016

Liberia 2016 Update

Hello everybody, 
With summer coming to an end and the new school year starting we are kicking the Liberia mission into high gear, so I thought I would give an update of what is happening.
This November we will be returning to Liberia. We will be travelling as a small group this year which will consist of my lovely wife Tania, our 8 year old son Kieran and myself. Kieran is super excited to be travelling with us and his caring nature and good work ethic will be a great asset to the mission. Although we are a small team I trust that God will do mighty works through us.
I will be travelling to Liberia the first week in November. In my first week in country I will be preparing the construction site for the upcoming work and assembling our work crew. As well I will be working with Joshua Milton Blahyi (aka former General Butt Naked) and the group of war affected youth that he is mentoring. I will be teaching Joshua and his boys welding/ fabricating skills and how to build a clay brick press that I have designed. The clay brick press dramatically reduces the cost of construction.
Tania and Kieran will join me the second and third week in November where we will continue with construction on the school project and try to support as many of YFC Liberia's programs as possible.
We ask for your prayers and support in our fundraising efforts. We are currently renting out our house through Airbnb with proceeds going towards the mission and have raised $4000 to date. We are also starting our letter writing campaign and are trusting that God will provide the funds to accomplish the work that He has laid out for us in Liberia.
As always your prayers and support are greatly appreciated, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or just would like some more info on the mission or Liberia. If you are interested, donations can be made through qyfc.com
Blessings
Don