Marfa Ministry

07/28/2025

One of my favorite pictures. The girls took the skirts the ladies at Plano FUMC made for them and turned them in to swim suits. They look so cute and they loved the water.

07/03/2025

Marfa Ministry has a new partner, Jerry Savuto Girls Center in Tot, Kenya. Here are a few highlights of our mission project with the girls.

05/10/2025

Plans are in the works for adding a 16th partner to our Marfa Ministry family. In June, Janet and Dennis are joining the Rives family and going to the dedication of the Jerri Savuto Girls' Center in Tot, Kenya. In honor of this event, Marfa Ministry has designed a tribute puzzle. JSGC is a school designed to protect young girls from being sold as child brides. These puzzles are in production and ready to be sold. If you are interested, please message us and we can make arrangements for mailing to you. It would be a great Christmas gift for a family. One hundred percent of the purchase price goes to the Jerri Savuto Charitable Foundation.

04/10/2025

Good news from our partners in Eurasia! They just completed a Godly Play training in Samara.. This is especially significant because they planned it and led it without the help of Marfa Ministry. We are so proud of their independence. Way to go, friends.

12/02/2024

What a pleasant surprise this morning. When I woke up,
Anna, the headmaster Children's Sunday School teacher at Samara United Methodist Church, sent me this picture. Anna is the lady who made all the ornaments for the Jess Trees we have been selling.The project was a collaboration with Anna, Dennis Fisher, Janet Fisher and Retired Rev. Jarrell Sharp.it makes us feel closer when we work with our partners personally. Thank you Anna for your beautiful sewing. Thank you, Dennis for the beautiful tree. Thank you Jarrell for making the devotions just perfect!

We have only four Jess Trees left. If you are interested, you may message me. Since today is Dec. 1, it is time to get the stories started. If you are local we will deliver!

Translation of Anna's words: Our tree is on the Altar and we are counting Advent with the whole church! What a wonderful time, waiting for Christmas.

Each set has had special care. Anna made the ornaments. She took them, from Samara to Moscow, so the Bishop could deliver them to us in Dallas. He was coming to the US for General Conference and had a meeting in Dallas. We met him for a transfer of products. Then Dennis makes the trees. So, in order for the congregation at Samara to have a tree, Dennis and I took one to our Moscow Seminary board meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in October. The president of the seminary, Sergei Nikolaev delivered the tree to Samara UMC.

To God be the glory! Great things he has done. Share you advent celebration with others around the world.

11/24/2024

So much has happened since my past post! We participated in mission fairs at FUMC-Denton, Greenland Hills UMC, FUMC-Richardson, Keller UMC and Lovers Lane UMC in Dallas. The highlight was having Dr. Sergei Nikolaev, president of the Moscow Theological Seminary of the United Methodist Church, helping us at FUMC-Richardson.

11/05/2024

We had a great time at the Alternnative GiftsFair. Everyone was so generous! Thank you for your support.

Congratulations Marfa Ministry for meeting your two challenge grants from Ann Austin and Bible Study 101.

10/30/2024

The Jerri Savuto Rescue Center is a NGO in Kenya that provides a safe home for girls escaping GFM and forced marriage. The center provides for the girls physical, emotional, and spiritual needs along with an education.