News from the field.

September 2026

Cohort 4 graduated, and nobody deleted production

Nineteen students started Code Camp Cohort 4 in June. Nineteen finished. If you’ve ever run a twelve-week anything, you know that number is a small miracle.

Final presentations had a plot twist: the power went out ten minutes in. Our students calmly switched to phone hotspots, pulled their projects from backups, and kept presenting by the light of a dozen laptop screens. I have been preaching about backups for twelve weeks. God preached it better in ninety seconds.

Six graduates have already been hired by local ministries, including a children’s home that has needed a web developer for four years.

Pray: for the graduates starting new jobs, and for wisdom choosing Cohort 5 from 240 applicants.

August 2026

The generator, the rainy season, and the Wi-Fi password on the church door

This month we started a Tech Rescue with a church network that runs a clinic, two schools, and a feeding program. Their entire digital operation lived on one desktop computer in the pastor’s office, which was also where the roof leaked.

Over three weeks we moved their records into a proper system with real backups, set up individual accounts (goodbye, shared login taped to the monitor), and trained two staff members to run it. The Wi-Fi password is no longer painted on the church door. We’re calling that growth.

Praise: the clinic can now see patient follow-ups without digging through three notebooks.

July 2026

Why I spent three days on spreadsheets (and loved it)

Not every day in missions is dramatic. Some days you sit with a ministry director and spend three hours cleaning up a donor spreadsheet with 900 rows, 14 versions of “Nairobi,” and a column simply labeled “??”.

But at the end of it, that director could finally see who had supported them faithfully for ten years, and write them a thank-you note. That’s not busywork. That’s relationships, restored one row at a time.

June 2026

Home assignment recap: thank you

We spent six weeks stateside visiting churches, eating an alarming number of potluck casseroles, and sitting in living rooms with the people who make this work possible. Thank you for the meals, the guest rooms, and the questions.

We came back refreshed and with 14 new monthly partners. If you’re one of them: welcome to the team. Your first update is the one you’re reading.