The Lord Provides
Tammy and I hope your celebration of the birth of our Savior was full of awe, wonder, and gratitude! We have been watching God do miracle after miracle for the past 6 months and now the need for an update can wait no longer. As we mentioned in our last letter, we needed to be out of our home at the end of November, but we have been able to extend that to the end of December. As some of you already know, we have purchased a house. Actually, more truthfully, we purchased 1/2 a house in the middle of September. Let’s back up and start at the beginning…
Our old home in Racine, WI.
Sadly, our landlord Gordon passed away in 2021. He was a wonderfully generous man who allowed us to rent our home for a very reasonable price (for 19+ years) so that we could do ministry in the area. After his passing, his wife let us know in May of 2022 that she wanted to sell the home and gave us a 6-month notice to move, of which we are very grateful! As we began looking for a place, we became very discouraged at what we saw in terms of homes for sale and their prices.
As we were praying and looking, our daughter Kellie and her husband David, told us they had been praying for the past year, and felt God telling them to sell their home and purchase something together with us, so we began to look at duplexes. When we saw what was listed in that arena, it was also very discouraging.
David & Kellie’s old home.
We told our realtor what we had in mind, and she sent us a listing for a home with a business attached that was way out of our price range. Even though it was out of our price range, she told us just to go look at it. As we walked through the home, God began to speak to Tammy’s heart that this was the place. She decided to write a letter to the owners of the home and shared with them our situation and what we do for a living and what David does (he is a pastor, free-lance photographer and has a business called KDM along with my brother Matt and our friend Kirby) and asked if they would be willing to come down in the price. They called us back 6 hrs after getting Tammy’s letter, and they dropped the price $55,000…we were blown away! Even still, the home was beyond what we could afford, but we felt the faith to keep stepping forward and trusting God and He provided! We closed on the new home on September 16th!
Our new house at 6015 60th Street Kenosha, WI 53144. Photo taken the day we closed on the home.
From left: Zeke, Kaylee, Tammy, Roger, Sarah, Grace, Kellie, Paul Lando, and David.
Since David and Kellie needed to be out of their home 2 days after closing, they moved into the home side with their two children Kaylee and Paul Lando. Our side was in need of bathrooms, bedrooms, and a kitchen to make it livable. God began bringing generous people to help these things come to pass…providing large amounts of time, money, expertise, labor and love… Needless to say, it’s been a full-time job and a labor of love getting this place to a point where we can move in. Our kids were so excited to pick their own paint and help paint their rooms. However, we needed to build walls first, then put in electrical wiring, then drywall, tape, mud, flooring, etc. The work has been non-stop since we signed the papers!
Finally, our move-in process started December 17 since we figured we might not be able to get helping hands over the Christmas or New Years weekends. Although we have so much still to do (there is only a half bath, and the kitchen and laundry areas are not hooked up to water and gas), we started the move. All of the appliances and furniture have been moved, and we have beds set up. We still do not have doors on the kids rooms, a working kitchen or finished bathrooms but this too will come to completion someday soon. We do have one working toilet for which we are extremely grateful, and David and Kellie are graciously sharing one of their bathrooms, their laundry facilities and their kitchen with us. It has been so amazing to see God’s provision in this process, it has truly been one miracle after another. God’s hand is so clearly evident.
We of course want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us! From the prayers, to the financial support, to those who have helped carry boxes, beds, and appliances, to the men who helped us frame walls, drywall, run electrical, lay flooring, and run HVAC, we are so so grateful! Thank you, thank you!
Our new address is as follows: 6015 60th Street Kenosha, WI 53144. (This is also the NEW KINGDOM PARTNERS GLOBAL ADDRESS). So stop by and get the box tour (every room filled with boxes). Pray for us as we try to bring order to the chaos. Also, please pray for my body and healing. My legs and hips have been compensating for my back, and now I have excruciating pain in my legs from all the work and have extreme difficulty sleeping as I can’t find a position that does not generate pain down my legs.
Feeding Africa
We are still helping families outside of Nairobi Kenya with meals.
Feeding Africa is still up and running as we continue to meet the needs of families who cannot meet those needs themselves. We are continuing to help feed 1,000 people in Kenya who do not have the means to adequately feed their families due to the lasting effects of the pandemic, global food crisis, and inflation. As you may recall, we passed the one-millionth-meal milestone in May. As of January 1, 2023, we will have spent $137,070 and served 1,235,960 meals. It continues to boggle my mind as to what a difference a small group of us can make.
As we look to close out the year, we are in a critical spot…we are $9,235 in the red for Feeding Africa. If God is touching your heart to help meet this need, your financial help would be much appreciated. Please click the Donate to Feeding Africa button at the bottom of this update. It has truly been amazing how we can come together and make an impact and change peoples lives doing what the scriptures call us to do as Christians in this world, being the hands and feet of Jesus.
“Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink?’… And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these, my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’”
— Matthew 25:37&40 NLT
If God is not calling you to give to Feeding Africa, that is totally fine, just give to where He is calling you to give. He has not blessed us with an abundance just so we can squander it on ourselves, but so that we can be a shining light in a fallen world, especially in times like these.
Sifa Bwana Project - (means “Praise the Lord” in Swahili)
We continue to work on helping to make our feeding programs become a bit more sustainable. We are in the process of helping our Nairobi feeding program acquire a piece of property to grow vegetables that will supplement food they hand out as well as beginning to raise chickens. We have currently paid for half the property, built a chicken coop and purchased four chickens who have already hatched 6 baby chicks! It’s a small start, but we are hopeful. If you feel that you can financially help us with the Sifa Bwana project, please contact me at roger@kingdompg.org and let me know.
Family
Our son, John, his wife, Marie and their son, Elijah
Our Son, David, and his wife, Amy visiting the gravesite of their son, John Samuel on Christmas Day.
On the home front, John, Marie, and Elijah are moving back to the area January 8th, and will be looking to settle here for awhile. It has been 10 years since John left Wisconsin to help with a church plant in England, and so much has changed since then. It will be great to have them so close and to be able to see them without spending a $1,000+ to fly over the pond! Koral, Divan, and Joel will also be visiting in January — so we will be celebrating a late Myers’ family Christmas. We haven’t all been together since Koral’s wedding so there is a lot of excitement going on at the Myers’ house.
As many of you know, David and Amy’s son, John Samuel, arrived in March at only 18.5 weeks gestation and is with Jesus. While they have had huge faith in it all and are clinging to Jesus, it has been a very difficult season. Please pray for the Lord to bring them comfort and for a miracle for them to conceive again!
City-Wide Prayer
As we move into the new year, I am looking to try something a little different. Instead of just praying with church leaders, I am starting a city-wide prayer night once a month, open to anyone in the city who wants to pray for Kenosha and the surrounding area. We will meet the second Monday of the month @ 7:00 pm at One Voice Church and pray for our city, church, and community. My tag line is, “Give God a year, and see what He can do.” I’m really excited! I have no idea how many people will show up for the prayer nights, but God says that where two or more are gathered in His name, He is there in our midst. I would greatly appreciate your prayers as we implement the prayer nights.
Thank You
Thanks to all of you who have supported us over this last year (some of you for the last 28 years!!) both prayerfully and financially.
If God is moving you to partner with us on a monthly or regular basis as we work to bring His kingdom to earth in both Kenosha and across the ocean, please click the donation link below.
Everything that is given to FEEDING AFRICA goes 100% to the two feeding programs. What is given to SIFA BWANA goes 100% to the farm project outside Nairobi. What is given to the GENERAL FUND goes to pay our salary, overhead expenses, and to supplement the other programs when not enough money comes in for those. In other words, we can take from the General Fund to feed people, but we never take from the other funds to pay our salary. We appreciate your generosity and feel blessed to be able to represent you in the Kingdom work.
Click the link below to give online. If you are giving by check, please send your check to the address listed below; do not put our name on the check, but make checks payable to Kingdom Partners Global. All checks will go towards our personal support unless stated otherwise. You will receive a receipt for tax purposes. Thank you so much for being a part of the ministry with us.
Kingdom Partners Global Inc.
6015 60th Street
Kenosha, WI 53144
- Roger Myers
Executive Director
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