Ruth Cox

Prior to working in West Africa, I served in China for seven years. Since April of 2000, I have served in West Africa. By and with the grace of God, I pioneered the work Sheltering Wings is currently doing in West Africa. Starting with an orphanage in 2002, we later expanded and built a primary and secondary school, along with a clinic to serve the Sheltering Wings orphanage and school children. In an effort to meet the ongoing needs of these children, we developed a sponsorship program which has grown to include widows as well. Sensing a call to pioneer a new area, the reigns of this ministry were handed over to Mike and Amy Riddering in 2013. Since then, Linda Wilk and I have begun a new area of ministry in a small village in West Africa. Our village is remote with no running water or electricity and the Lord has greatly blessed us. Our primary goal is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ while meeting the needs of the village through the construction of a community medical center, drilling wells, church planting, and child and widow's sponsorship programs.