We pray your 2025 is off to a blessed start. We are full of faith and expectation for all God will do this year. No doubt, 2024 was not without its challenges for you, but in the midst of all the highs and lows you may have faced, God has remained true to His character—faithful and good. We pray that we will all recognize His presence and power through it all and trust Him wholeheartedly. 

 

As a family, we thank you for your prayers and love during the hardest season and year our family has ever faced. Losing our son Caleb last Valentine's Day, after a 5-year battle with bone cancer, is still extremely painful, and yet, we honor him and his legacy by continuing to serve others. Caleb lives on in our hearts and RURO. Every child, woman, and family we care for, we do so in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, remembering our Caleb, the Forever Healed One.

 

Thank you for giving financially to Reach Up Reach Out Ministries in 2024. Your support enabled us to care for orphans, widows, and the vulnerable worldwide.

 

Because of our monthly sponsors, we have sent 275 Ugandan children to school. Because of you, we have also sent 331 widows and vulnerable women through our RURO Sisterhood program, teaching them a craft/skill and assisting them in starting their businesses. Your contributions aided us in bringing a fun worship and arts camp for 219 orphans and street children, where they learned to see themselves as Christ sees them- loved, kind, healed, brave, and special. We also held our annual RURO SISTERHOOD Conference for 500 widows and vulnerable women and provided each with a beautiful blanket to keep them and their children warm. 

 

Your donations in 2024 enabled us to bring the joy of Christmas to more than 200 homes and 1,000 beautiful children in Guatemala. This holiday was an unforgettable experience for many underserved kids to participate in a festive event where our team shared the gospel, delivered food and gifts, and most importantly, saw many make decisions for Christ. Your generosity enabled us to continue to support 100 children with severe developmental disabilities in Nairobi, Kenya. 

 

And now we pray and believe that 2025 will be a momentous year for you and us at - Reach Up Reach Out, where we are all found DOING GOOD for the kingdom and glory of God.