It is that time of the year when you expect to hear from my wife Ruth and I (Arvid) again. By now, most of you are familiar with our story. Yes, I am that crazy old Grandpa and his bike again. I am also on the board of MCF Canada. I am 65 years old now and sometimes it feels like I am cycling on 2 flat tires with the brakes rubbing, but hey, at least I am still moving forward.
The 'Little Bit' I can do, does NOT matter in the big picture. WRONG. Eighteen years ago that line of thinking was 100% me. But then God got a hold of me and set me straight. Yes, I can still only do a little bit, but God can and has done a lot. How true this is, but there is a catch to it. God is asking me to do my part first.
Since 2005, with your help, God has turned my 'Little Bit' into $10 Million that we have been able to send to Charles & Esther Mulli. Thank you for supporting MCF for 18 years via my cycling platform. We give God the Glory.
Mumina
In 2005, Mumina sat on the back of my tandem bike as I pulled 3 MCF beneficiaries in rotation across Canada in my inaugural cycling platform. Mumina now has a diploma in avionics.
Boniface
Boniface graduated with a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Chemical Engineering. He is presently working at MCF as a mentor to teenage boys. He also trains the acrobatic club.
Ndondo
Ndondo (Charles & Esther Mulli's daughter) was the chaperone in 2005. She will be here with her husband Kennedy. Ndondo is the Director of Operations at Mully Children's Family in Kenya, Africa.
$250,000 = 500,000 meals/times children will NOT need to go to bed hungry.
With COVID, the Ukraine/Russia crisis, climate change, and rising food costs across the world, the shortage of affordable food is becoming a crisis in many places. In impoverished community schools around the MCF centres, children are going to sleep hungry. They wake up hungry, they scrounge in markets, streets and even the garbage dumps looking for anything to fill the void in their stomachs, instead of going to school. Today MCF provides food rations (1 meal/day) to 62 impoverished community schools, totaling 20,000 students/day. (please take a few seconds to let that sink in) This is in addition to providing for more than 5000 kids in their 8 centers. The average cost per meal is approximately 50 cents CAD. The 'MCF's General Funds' are used to purchase this bulk food.
A few stats about the impact of the Community-school initiative by MCF:
Mully Children's Family believes that a basic education is the beginning of a brighter future.
- When MCF provides a meal, the school's enrollment and retention has increased in most schools from approximately 45% to 80%.
- During the drought season in 2021 approximately 82% of the children testify that the school lunch provided by MCF is their only meal of the day.
- The distribution of food to the community schools has opened a door for MCF co-workers to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the children and the teachers.Thousands of children have given their lives to Christ in these schools through evangelism and mentorship programs.
The goal of GrandpasCan 2022 cycling platform (The Longest Non-Stop Bike Ride) is to raise $250,000 and help Charles and Esther Mulli provide 500,000 meals for children from these community schools.
I ask you to pray for me for courage, commitment and health. I have asked a number of long-term major MCF supporters to pledge to donate $5 or $10/km for every km I will ride during The Longest Non-Stop Bike Ride. I have $110/km pledged. That means for each km I ride before I need/decide to stop, 220 children will NOT go to bed hungry. If you want to support this initiative in this way, please email me at
For the majority of you, here is how you can help.
Over the past 18 years, I have seen God do great things with the little bit I can do. He will do it again, but He is asking all of us to do our part. Please consider helping Ruth and I pay for 500,000 meals this summer.
I have never regretted feeding a hungry child, and neither will you.
Asante Sana. Thank you very much,
Arvid & Ruth Loewen —
Make cheque payable to: Mully Children's Family Canada, memo line: GrandpasCan
Send to:
MCF Canada, PO Box 35027,
RPO Henderson, Winnipeg, MB, R2K 4J9