May 2020 Update

Wow-what a crazy time we have been in! I hope you all are all well. I know that we have all had losses, health, jobs, and even death. So sorry to any of you who have lost love ones at this time. We have been praying for all of you and for our diaspora community during this unprecedented time.

We like many of you have had to pivot. Thankfully, God had been preparing us. Much of what we had been doing was online so we have been able to continue to support and teach from various platforms. As well as visiting one on one with those who have been struggling at this time. We have like many ministries and nonprofits had a significant decrease in our financial support. In the last 3 months, we have had only a fourth of what usually comes in. ( Which even our usual range was not meeting our budget goal) We are thankful that we do not have a lot of overhead at the moment as we work from home without office space etc… we do not have a large staff-- at the moment just Dave and I are working with EADC so we have not had to lay anyone off. But we are personally struggling to make ends meet.  We would love for you to prayerfully consider either a one-time gift or becoming a monthly partner.  Your gifts enable us to be available for counseling, online teaching, mentoring, and encouraging the East African Diaspora living here in the U.S. and beyond. We feel that God has given us unique experiences and relationships and we need to use these for His glory!

Prayer requests:   Now that restrictions are loosing up a bit we were able to have a few young East African leaders over for dinner this week to talk about gathering East African youth ( ages 16-30) They really liked the idea and thought of several friends they could invite. We plan on meeting on June 13. Please pray that God gathers those that need connection and that we can encourage unity and challenge this youth to be missionaries in their circle of influence. We are almost all settled into our new home here in ND. We just lack a few boxes in Dave’s office. Please pray that we can have time to get fully settled before the busyness of the summer rushes in. Please pray for our financial support. Hudson Taylor ( a British Protestant Christian missionary to China in the 1800s and founder of the China Inland Mission) said, “ God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.”

Two of the beautiful young women who came over for dinner last week-- Joy and Francine

Thank you so much for all your prayers and support at this time. We could not do what we do without you! If you would like to give online go GIVE TODAY You can also mail a check to East Africa Diaspora Community, P.O. Box 480 Wheaton, IL 60187