June 2026
Dear Friend of MCF,
If you are a long-time supporter of MCF, you are likely expecting my annual 'ask' letter built around another extreme cycling event. Sorry to disappoint you, but I retired my bike in 2024 — but NOT my passion and commitment to do what I can to help Charles and Esther Mulli rescue former orphaned, abandoned, or vulnerable children. How did our involvement with MCF begin?
A Lifetime Commitment
Twenty-one years ago, I dipped the rear wheel of my modified tandem bike into the Pacific Ocean. I was on my way to the Atlantic Ocean, transporting 3 MCF beneficiaries in rotation on the back of my modified tandem bike.
In White Rock, BC, on May 28, 2005, I took a water bottle and filled it half full with water from the Pacific Ocean. It represented mine and our family’s commitment to do what we can to help. 30 days and 7000 km later I filled the rest of the bottle with water from the Atlantic Ocean.
This water represented Charles Mulli, his biological family, and the staff at Mully Children’s Family. As the waters from the two oceans mixed, a lifetime partnership to restore HOPE to thousands of destitute children was formed.
I also carried a picture of a little girl named Charity with me the whole time. Her picture, on a bookmark, was in the water bottle that travelled with me on the bike.
A symbolic lifetime partnership
Charity was born to a teenage mother. Poverty and family problems eventually led this teenage mom to a state of desperation. She left her infant to die on a rock by the river. Someone found Charity in an emaciated state. On another occasion the young mother tried to strangle her infant daughter. Charity was rescued and eventually placed in the care of MCF. Charity survived two additional attempts on her life by her teenage mother.
She was part of my mission statement representing thousands of abandoned children. It was just a picture, like many others we see in the media. The kind we make go away by changing the channel, or flipping the page in a magazine or newspaper.
Our first time meeting Charity (in red)
Spoke2005 was the first and only time somebody transported another person across Canada. It did exactly what we hoped it would do. We were featured in newspapers, radio and TV. In total we did 72 media interviews in 30 days and gave 15 evening presentations. Former orphaned or abandoned children had an opportunity to tell Canadians on national television what life was like before they had been rescued, and what life was like now that they were living in the loving family environment of Mully Children’s Family. Spoke2005, the Canadian Safari, was the beginning of spreading awareness and support for MCF right across Canada. God opened doors we did not know existed.
In 2005 they had 832 children that called Charles and Esther Mulli Mom and Dad. Today that number has grown to over 8,000. In MCF’s 36-year-history, an additional 30,000 have graduated and many have become pillars in the community, working as teachers, pastors, managers, entrepreneurs, nurses, and doctors.
Saying goodbye to Charity
Approximately 90% of the children rescued by MCF accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. When they graduate and leave MCF, they spread the message of HOPE modeled each day by the staff.
Charity was born to a teenage mother. Poverty and family problems eventually led this teenage mom to a state of desperation. She left her infant to die on a rock by the river. Someone found Charity in an emaciated state. On another occasion the young mother tried to strangle her infant daughter. Charity was rescued and eventually placed in the care of MCF. Charity survived two additional attempts on her life by her teenage mother.
Charity on support crew
In November of 2006 my wife Ruth and I visited MCF for the first time. At one of the evening programs, the youngest children were wandering around. I held out my arms. A little girl jumped on my lap. She sat and played with my fingers. It happened to be Charity.
I had carried her picture for 30 days and 7000 km across Canada. Now she sat on my lap for 30 minutes. It was at that time a picture of a child in need became a real person. God removed the wall of indifference with which I had surrounded myself. I am so thankful that God opened my eyes to see past the picture. I discovered a compassionate love for children that I will never meet.
Charity & Grandpa Arvid celebrating another successful crossing of Canada
Ruth and I sat in that room that evening and participated in the evening program, surrounded by about 250 children. They were full of laughter, joy, and hope. But just a few years ago they had been left to die on a rock, roamed the streets to dig through garbage — they had been outcasts of society. Now they were singing and praising God. Their lives changed because of one man's obedience to God's call. Charles Mulli chose to value a child's life more than the personal accumulation of material wealth. It became obvious to us that this was now our extended family.
Charity (in red) introduces us to some of her friends
Update on Charity
Each time we have visited MCF, we have connected with Charity. We even brought Charity to Canada to be part of my support crew in 2012 as I attempted to break my own GWR across Canada. I have often wondered if she understood how God has used her story to mobilize hundreds of people across Canada to support MCF with prayer and finances.
Charity with us in 2023
In 2024 Charity graduated from grade 12. She continues to excel in music and dance and participates in one of MCF's Mission Choirs. Today Charity is enrolled in Mully College where she is currently pursuing a Certificate in Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy.
Charity's journey stands as a powerful testament to survival, resilience, and transformation — from a life marked by repeated danger and rejection to one now characterized by stability, growth, HOPE, and purpose.
Charity at MCF Yatta College
I randomly chose Charity's story. God transformed the story/picture into a real person. Our life has changed forever because of it. Praise God!!!
Children receiving their meal back in 2006
What Kind of Family Is This??
During our first visit to MCF, Ruth and I walked to the area where some 500 children were eating their supper. There were children everywhere, enjoying a bowl of lentils, vegetables, and beans. As I turned around, my elbow sent one little boy's bowl flying, dumping ALL the contents on the ground. I felt terrible. He, too, was shocked, but did not cry. He knew something I did not know. His brothers and sisters saw what had happened. Within seconds they all dumped a small portion of their food into the little boy's empty bowl. Every child had enough. It was taken care of without the involvement of an adult. It was then that I knew I was in a special place, a special family.
I invite you today to put a portion of what God has blessed you with into the empty MCF bowl. When you do that, all the children at MCF will have enough to eat.
Please help us fill thousands of empty bowls
Thank you. May God bless you as you support
this special family with your gift today.
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