Darrington Maximum Security Prison Chapel Renovation Project Completed!

This is the beautiful Chapel at the maximum security Darrington prison. For many years, the roof leaked terribly.  As a result, the pews were ruined, the floor ruined, the interior woodwork ruined in many placed.  Recently, as the Seminary at Darrington approached its opening, the momentum mounted, donors came forward through the efforts of the mighty men and women of the KAIROS team at Darrington,... [Read more...]

The Earl & Clara Henry Project

Post: We took a phone call.  It was a lady we had never met or talked to.  She described Mr. Elmer H. —-his age, 71.  She told us Mr. Elmer carries water in paint buckets into the kitchen for his wife Clara to cook with, to wash dishes, and to bathe in.  Clara walks with a can, has one artificial hip, knee surgery, and diabetes.  Elmer and Clara have no hot water, no cold water, no... [Read more...]

Mrs. Carolina Cruz, Grandmother…and angel.

Post: It all began with a kidnapping.  We kidnapped Grandmother Cruz and the 7 kids she was raising, got them out of their Houston two-room apartment in the ghetto, and took them to the country, where they slept everywhere in our home for 8 months.  They had never seen a live steer!  With the help of generous people like you, and Simonton Community Church members, a new life for all of them gradually... [Read more...]

The Dorothy Smith Project ~ A Lady Who Persevered

Mrs. Dorothy Smith Post: Mrs. Dorothy Smith welcomed us into her sagging little home.  We had never met, but one who knew her took us to talk with her.  She had rug scraps nailed to the windows to keep the mosquitos out; no tub, no toilet, no running water.  She carried water in by 5-gallon paint buckets.  The outhouse was a long walk away, and the door had fallen off.  The house was rotten,... [Read more...]