Final Africa 2026 Newsletter Today we traveled from Gaborone back to Cape Town, where we will be leaving from tomorrow night to head back to the United States. This trip has been such a blessing to th...  Read More

Three Village Visits First thing this morning we met at the Healthy Family Foundations office for a time of prayer and planning with the team. We then opened the office to many of the leaders in the H...  Read More

Three Village Visits This morning we visited with the Mokolodi village for another group that teaches from the Healthy Family Foundations curriculum. We the headed back to the Mmankgodi village for a...  Read More

First Full Day in Botswana  This morning we were able to visit the administration building for the Botswana Prison Service. We joined their weekly Wednesday morning devotional time and Jon brought the...  Read More

We have landed in Botswana! The majority of today's scheduled was traveling from Knysna, South Africa to Gaborone, Botswana. After landing, we met up with Ashley and Percy Thaba from Healthy Families ...  Read More

Last Day in Knysna This morning we attended the Khayamandi Foundation's yearly board meeting.  This is an opportunity for each branch of Khayamandi to present their current goals and future aspiration...  Read More

Freedom Church / The Khayamandi House Beach Day This morning we were able to attend Freedom Church in Knysna.  Freedom is where several of the Khayamandi team regularly attend. After church, we had a ...  Read More

Soccer Meet / Afrikaans School / House Blessing Today began with a large gathering of boys from all of the soccer teams that Khayamandi supports.  Before the matches began, we were given the chance to...  Read More

Knysna Township and Dinner with the Coaches We started today with a walk-through of a Knysna Township, a community located up on the hill where over 58,000 people are currently living.  These communit...  Read More

Day of travel from Cape Town to Knysna Today we traveled five hours by car to the small community of Knysna, where we met up with the leadership of The Khayamandi Foundation.  We were given a tour of ...  Read More

We have landed in Cape Town, South Africa! After a long 14 1/2 hour flight, we have made it safely to Cape Town.  Tomorrow we will be taking a day to do some sight-seeing before we head out to meet Th...  Read More

This team will be will be heading to South Africa and Botswana on mission from February 9th through February 23rd, 2026. Pictured from left to right: Dane Walker, Briella McKim, Barret McKim, John Bar...  Read More