Bob and LuAnn Herring

Bob and LuAnn are long-term residents of the Berkshires of Western Mass, where Bob has maintained a retail business for 30 years. They have four grown daughters and eight wonderful grandchildren. When a mutual friendWhen a mutual friend introduced Bob and LuAnn to Pastor Peter Siakama back in the summer of 2004, they had no idea where this relationship would bring them. But within 2 1/2 months, they found themselves in Kitale, Kenya, with their youngest daughter Jenelle, encountering life in the third world. There, they discovered a whole new plane of reality that would inspire them to give their lives to something greater than themselves. In the ensuing years, they were joined by another daughter, EvaJoy, who now plans to move to Kenya with her husband Caleb and their two children. In 2008, Jenelle married James Armstrong, who also travelled to Kitale and was captured by God's love for the children. What began as a family venture has now spread through a network of friends, igniting a passion in the community and beyond to serve the desperately poor.

Caleb and EvaJoy Senecal and Family

Caleb Senecal, a tile contractor, lives in Lee, MA with his wife EvaJoy and their two young boys, Jediah and Henry. They met when Caleb decided in early 2007 to travel to Kenya with Africa Connect, which was started by Eva's parents, Bob and LuAnn Herring. Caleb and Eva spent seven weeks with the team among these children of Tuwani, and it changed both of their lives. In September 2007 they returned for six months, and by late 2007, they were married in Kenya. In January 2010, Caleb returned to Kitale, and it was confirmed that these were their people and this was their home. The family spent 3 1/2 months in Kenya in early 2011 laying the groundwork to live there full time, and hope to be able to make the move by January 2012. For more details of their story, visit our Blog.

Don and Amira Roach

As Pastoral Advisor to Africa Connect, Pastor Don Roach and his wife Amira have had a major supportive role since the organization's inception in 2005. Don is Head Pastor of Calvary Chapel of the Berkshires in Pittsfield, MA. Devoted parents of four, they lead their flock through an exemplary life of humble service and thorough teaching of the Bible. We are blessed to walk this journey with them.

Susan Choquette

Sue is registered nurse who has worked in the area of infection control and infectious diseases in Berkshire County, MA for the past 20 years in long term care. For the past six years, she has been working for the Berkshire County Sheriff's Department as the HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator and infectious disease nurse at the Berkshire County Jail & House of Correction in Pittsfield, MA. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Theology from Berkshire Christian College.

Involved in Africa Connect since its inception, Sue finally travelled to Kenya in 2010, and witnessed firsthand, health care in the third world. She will return again in 2012 to participate in community clinics, and to see what other doors the Lord will open in the realm of health care and medicine.