1996

Jonathan and Comfort Enders, then living in Nigeria due to the civil war in Liberia, envisioned opening a Christian school in Liberia.

1998

Jonathan and Comfort returned to Liberia and started home schooling their own children.

1999

Other children began arriving and meeting at the Enders house to be home schooled with the Enders children.

2000

The Enders began the process of registering Kingdom Foundation Institute with the Government of Liberia.

2001

Comfort Enders came to the U.S for three months and began work on an MA in school leadership at Calvin College.

2003

Jonathan and Comfort, assisted by the community, constructed a temporary facility in Paynesville to house up to 150 elementary children.

2005

Reconstruction of the temporary facility due to weathering.
Comfort returned to the US for a year to continue working on her MA in school leadership.

2006

KFI cleared the land for their permanent facility
Hillside Community Church (Cutlerville, MI) sent a team that participated in the ground breaking ceremony in March.
KFI constructed a warehouse to store building materials; later this warehouse would serve as a classroom.
A construction team was sent from Immanuel CRC (Hudsonville, MI) and Hillside Community Church (Cutlerville, MI) to work with Liberian construction workers and begin forming the walls.
Comfort completed her masters work and returned to resume her responsibilities of running the school.

2007

Legacy Christian School (Cutlerville, MI) shipped a 20 foot container full of desks, chairs, and school supplies to KFI.
Construction begins on the second floor of the school. A team was sent from Immanuel CRC (Hudsonville,MI) and Jamestown CRC (Jamestown, MI)

2007 - 2008 enrollment : 110 students

2008

2008 - 2009 enrollment : 163 students

2009

TELL was formed in order to help KFI with funding and sending teams/teachers
Construction of building is almost complete - all it is lacking is a roof over the second floor.

2009 - 2010 enrollment : 250 students (100 in preschool and kindergarten)

Coming Soon...

TELL intends to send 2 teams a year to KFI on short term mission trips (one on the Spring and one in the Fall). The goal of these trips is to build relationships with our brothers and sisters in Liberia and to support what they are doing at KFI. These trips may include physical labor, teaching at the school, providing medical assistance, and of course encouraging Liberians in their faith and walk with God.

The next trip will be in May 2010.

If you would like more information please contact Marion Vande Steeg or John Wolters.

If you cannot go on one of the trips but would like to visit or volunteer at KFI please contact Michele Vande Steeg.