CELEBRATING God's faithfulness in 2025!!

What a blessed year!!! How was your 2025? What are you building towards in 2026? For Least Of These (LOT), 2025 was our first full year as a non-profit organization to say YES to God in many new and exciting ways. As we close the chapter on 2025, our hearts overflow with gratitude for God’s unwavering faithfulness. The prophet Jeremiah reminds us in Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV):

“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

This year, we have witnessed anew the Lord’s mercies—fresh, abundant, and guiding every step of those who faithfully served with LOT. From the foundations laid in our 2024 establishment and the joyful celebration at our 1st Annual Benefit for Hope event, to the hands-on missions that built homes, churches, schools, fed villages, restored campuses, and shared the Gospel across continents, God has been faithful. Through your prayers, generosity, and partnership, together we have served Jesus by serving the least of these. Just as Jesus intended it to be in Matthew 25:40:

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

What a privilege it has been to be His hands and feet in Cambodia, Belize, Costa Rica, Ireland, Uganda, Mexico, Honduras and closer to home with 3Strands in Sacramento, California. All because God’s people gathered together to say YES to God. These accomplishments are not our own, but testimonies to God’s Kingdom advancing through obedient hearts—like yours.

As we reflect on 2025 with thanksgiving, we look ahead to 2026 with excited anticipation, trusting the One who equips us for every good work (2 Timothy 3:17). Together, let us continue building His Kingdom, one life, one home, one mission at a time.

May the Lord bless you and keep you as we step forward in faith.

LOT’s annual men’s construction mission trip to Cambodia once again reflected our long-standing partnership with Agape International Missions (AIM), a relationship we have been blessed to serve with for many years now. Working shoulder-to-shoulder with AIM staff and local community members, our team demolished and rebuilt 4 new homes for at risk families, and were honored to feed the entire village of more than 300 people, providing tangible expressions of the agape love of Jesus Christ, humility, and building hope. 

While the physical construction was a critical part of the mission, the trip was equally rooted in discipleship and brotherhood. Each day began with team devotionals, prayer, and personal testimonies, creating space for men to grow spiritually, encourage one another, and be sharpened in their walk with Christ. That spiritual foundation carried into the community as relationships were built, prayers were shared, and the love of Jesus was demonstrated both through hard work and genuine presence. We are deeply grateful to all who supported this mission through prayer and generosity, making it possible for both lasting structures and eternal impact to be built.

This past year, LOT worked alongside high school students from The Academy at District Church to serve locally with 3Strands Global Foundation, a Sacramento-based nonprofit working to end human trafficking and support survivors through education, employment, and engagement programs. 

Together, the team completed several key facility support projects that directly strengthened 3Strands’ operational capacity. These included building a new storage room, updating signage throughout the facility, replacing ceiling tiles, and other important upgrades that help the organization operate more efficiently and continue its life-changing work. Serving 3Strands allowed the students to tangibly contribute their time and effort to a mission with both local and global relevance, and underscored LOT’s commitment to serving “the least of these” not just abroad but in our own communities as well.

We were super excited last year and blessed to be a part of what God is doing in Northern Ireland to bring the Hope of Christ. Much love to Pastor CJ at District Church for organizing the time together with Pastor Andy, his wife Victoria, and their lovely family. 

During our visit we were able to tour The Hills Church and gain a sense of what was needed for their church to grow. One of the needs there was to build a stage in the main worship center. The church building is an old theater and was not set up well for Sunday worship. Having the stage would increase visibility and provide for more seats to be placed closer to the action on the ground floor. While we were there, we prayed for God to reveal to us how we could bless the church and God made it clear that funding the stage was the answer. It was so great to see it completed after we returned home. We were super encouraged to see the District Church mission team visit later in the year and utilize the stage for a kid’s camp. Beyond that, pastor Andy has reported back to express his gratitude for LOT and all the supporters that helped contribute to the blessing of the stage. He said it has made such an impact on the ongoing encouragement of growth in their church staff and community. Looking forward over the years to sending missionaries to our brothers and sisters there in Ireland and support them as their church continues to grow in Christ.

It's been said, "the more people gather together for good, the less people there are to gather for evil". 

Building homes, churches and schools is more than just the construction. It's more about building hope in the people who occupy these facilities. This last year in 2025 was a year of partnership with some of God's most amazing, generous, and faithful servants. We are blessed to work with such wise and understanding people who are dedicated to building the House of God, the body of Christ Jesus, amen.

"By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established". Proverbs 24:3

Pastor Daniel Tefula and his wife, Eva, both faithfully serve the SetFree Life Ministries community in Uganda, pouring their lives into ministry and blessing countless families through their leadership. Currently, Pastor Daniel, his wife, and their children — Nathaniel Grace (6) and Ethan Gabriel (8) — live in a small, one-room apartment. They also care for their nieces, Precious and Cissy, under the same roof. Despite their humble living conditions, they continue to serve joyfully and sacrificially. By God’s grace, the Tefula family has begun building a modest home. In 2025, the Fergerson family joined others in their community to raise the funds necessary for completing the major construction. This involved purchasing and installing things like windows and doors, as well as completely wiring the house with electrical for power and lights. In 2025, a very small but faithful and generous group of people here in the California communities were able to fully fund the cost for the windows and doors. The next phase will be raising the necessary funds for the electrical wiring next.

Completing this house will provide the Tefula family with the safe, stable home they need to raise their children and continue serving their community with strength and joy. Would you come together with us and prayerfully consider joining the effort to help Pastor Daniel and his family finish their home? Every gift, no matter the size, is an investment in this family and in the Kingdom work they are leading in Uganda.