Takulandirani! Welcome!
Thanks for visiting our website. We have been missionaries in Lilongwe, Malawi, a small country in Southeast Africa since 2005.
We're both from California originally, Becca from Nor Cal and Kellen from So Cal. We both went to college in San Diego but ended up meeting when we arrived in Malawi to teach at African Bible Colleges in August 2005. What started as a one-year short term commitment right out of college, turned into a calling to long-term service in Malawi. We're as excited and grateful as ever to be a part of God's work in the beautiful country of Malawi. After a lengthy process of identifying a child to adopt from Malawi, Yamikani came home with us November 30, 2011, and officially became our son back in May of 2012. Our second son, Jaden Thokozani, came home with us in April 2014 and we are thankful to say officially become a Hiroto June 2016. Our daughter, Kiara Joy Tadala, came home with us in December 2017, and we finalized her adoption in May 2020. They are all remarkable examples of God's great blessings to us.
We're thankful to be involved in a variety of ministries here in Malawi. From 2005 to 2022, our primary ministry was at African Bible Colleges with the students of the Academy and College. In 2022, our work at ABC ended, and our primary work became with our local church, International Bible Fellowship.
We also work with Bright Vision Orphan Care, which we’ve been helping to lead since 2006.
Regardless of who it is we come in contact with, we desire to intentionally live out and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our hope for this website is that you get to know us, get to know Malawi, and get excited about a part of what God's doing to grow His Kingdom in Malawi.
We're both from California originally, Becca from Nor Cal and Kellen from So Cal. We both went to college in San Diego but ended up meeting when we arrived in Malawi to teach at African Bible Colleges in August 2005. What started as a one-year short term commitment right out of college, turned into a calling to long-term service in Malawi. We're as excited and grateful as ever to be a part of God's work in the beautiful country of Malawi. After a lengthy process of identifying a child to adopt from Malawi, Yamikani came home with us November 30, 2011, and officially became our son back in May of 2012. Our second son, Jaden Thokozani, came home with us in April 2014 and we are thankful to say officially become a Hiroto June 2016. Our daughter, Kiara Joy Tadala, came home with us in December 2017, and we finalized her adoption in May 2020. They are all remarkable examples of God's great blessings to us.
We're thankful to be involved in a variety of ministries here in Malawi. From 2005 to 2022, our primary ministry was at African Bible Colleges with the students of the Academy and College. In 2022, our work at ABC ended, and our primary work became with our local church, International Bible Fellowship.
We also work with Bright Vision Orphan Care, which we’ve been helping to lead since 2006.
Regardless of who it is we come in contact with, we desire to intentionally live out and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our hope for this website is that you get to know us, get to know Malawi, and get excited about a part of what God's doing to grow His Kingdom in Malawi.
