Donnas Haven is the name that I gave to the ministry of Donna Martin in Danese, West Virginia. I meet Donna while filling in at the Calvary Baptist Church in Meadow Bridge, West Virginia.
Donna has been helping the people of Fayette County since the early 80’s. The schools and folks around call her expressing their needs and she reaches out to them in whatever means available. People bring her their gently used clothes and when someone calls with a need she provides or uses the telephone to find what they need.
In the beginning she used her daughter’s old play house. Later she added another portable building to assist in her ministry. We were impressed with her love of the folks and how she is ministering that we told her that we would help her in the ministry.
Back home we asked a few churches to help us with some clothing, to our surprise we were overwhelmed with what we received. But God saw the need to be much larger than what we envisioned. Donna was not able to handle all that we had carried, so we placed what we could in her garage and carried the rest to others ministries in West Virginia.
Now that is the purpose of this letter. The Lord laid on my heart to provide another building for the ministry in Danese. I want to provide a 14 X 30 portable building to go with what she already has so that she can keep on hand more clothing than she has in the past. The building will cost roughly $ 5,500 completely finished. The building will be a hull and I have already arranged for a crew to go up and finish the inside.
But I need funds to do this and I need folks to contribute to help make this a reality, would you prayerfully consider helping us in reaching our goal for the building. Any gift of any size will be greatly appreciated.
Mayhew West
412 Chapman Road
Saluda, SC 29138
For tax purposes you may make your check out to Philippi Baptist Church, West Virginia Fund.
