Missionary of the Week

The missionary family we are praying for this week is the Coffey family, missionaries to South Africa! Mark Coffey is currently raising his support and is over 50% done, but he is not first-term missionary by any stretch. He has worked in Peru as a missionary, and also played a crucial role in starting our sending church, Vision Baptist.

I like writing a blog post about him, because Mark is one of those rare guys who I can honestly say I’ve never seen trying to get in the spotlight. Instead, he has been a #2 man in the ministry for most of his life. He is not super flashy or loud. Men said of William Carey, father of modern missions, that he was “God’s plodder”; meaning that he just kept working steadily and never ever gave up. I mean it as a high compliment that Mark is that kind of man.

He is a discipler, and a real lover of people. I can say he has been overly and abundantly helpful and generous to us, even when he didn’t know us. When we arrived at Vision from Portugal, he welcomed us into his house for two months as complete strangers.

Mark and Amy are planning to help Kevin and Corli Hall in Port Elizabeth South Africa, who are working among the Xhosa people. I know God is going to use them in a great way planting churches and training South African men to preach the Gospel.

Would you pray for them with us this week? Pray that their support will come in quickly (and maybe you could help answer that prayer!), safety on the road, God’s power in his preaching. Pray for the Lord of the Harvest to work in South Africa through them, and before them.

Check out their website, let them know you are praying for them, I know it would be a huge encouragement to them. They regularly lead missions trips, and if you are interested in seeing the mission field, or letting a group in your church see a vibrant and exciting ministry, please let him know!