Continued Development

Help us as we continue to renovate and expand our retreat Center

Over the past 12 months, volunteers from all over the states with skills of every kind have come and donated their time and energy to the complete remodeling of the cottages. We are grateful for them every day and have together witnessed the miracles of provision, the heart warming friendship and community built and the satisfaction that comes from looking at the progress!

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The Story

In 1996, Kevin and Sue Prins and their four children left Michigan to work with Youth with a Mission in Barbados and later in Trinidad to pioneer new campuses. In 2006, intruders tragically shot them; Kevin in his neck causing paralysis and Sue with a bullet narrowly missing her spinal cord. Within a year, Sue was diagnosed with breast cancer. Providentially they recovered and God has used their incredible experiences to impact many lives around the world.

After returning to the US, Kevin and Sue incorporated a ministry called Excelling Leaders which focused on walking alongside ministry leaders- encouraging, coaching and equipping them. Read more here.

The Need

Kevin and Sue have debriefed and coached missionaries from the Caribbean, Africa, China, Central America, the Middle East and Asia. The demand for these services has outgrown their home. They have a vision to provide a place where missionaries can unburden with others who understand them; where they can come for a time of recovery and be refreshed both practically and spiritually. As ministry leaders have said, "Kevin and Sue, you can help us because you have been there; you have walked in our shoes."

What are the personal costs to be a ministry leader in the world?
emotional trauma, different cultures, diseases, separation from family, lack of basic comforts, unmet expectations, natural disasters, physical trauma, stressful environments, and the list goes on.

Studies show that:

47% of missionaries leave the field before their first term is complete.
Every year more than 5,000 US missionaries leave their fields of service for preventable reasons.
It costs estimated $250,000- $400,000 to recruit, equip and send a new missionary family to replace each family that has to leave the field.
Missionaries are 9 times more likely to suffer trauma than non-missionaries.

The solution

The Radiant Life Retreat Center will serve missionary families, couples and singles that need a period of spiritual direction and pastoral debriefing. We have chosen to house the facility in Paw Paw, Michigan and have partnered with a number of professional resources (counselors, family-centered social workers, large denominations, broad volunteer base) in Grand Rapids. Our trained and experienced staff, along with thoughtfully designed spaces for renewal, will allow us to provide debriefing and coaching with safety and beauty. The goal is to help all who come to re-engage the calling the Lord has placed on their lives. We also plan to open the property up to churches and other organizations needing a place to host events geared toward rest, renewal and reengaging.

The Radiant Life Retreat is an intensive 9-day program specifically designed for those who live cross-culturally for a year or more. The program balances the practical and spiritual resources necessary to launch the participants back into service with a renewed vigor and excitement.

Can you help us create a place of rest, reconnection and re-equipping for our wounded warriors and their families?

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If your donation is in the form of a check, please indicate that it's for the Capital Campaign
(on a separate note, rather than written on the check), and send it to:
Excelling Leaders
40764 62nd Ave
Paw Paw, MI 49079 USA

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