Daniel and Libby Simkins

We grew up in Christian families and attended the same church in Reading from an early age. We both came to have a personal relationship with the Lord as children and were baptised together as teenagers. Having starting going out in the sixth form, we went to St. Andrews University together and got married during our penultimate year in 1997. 

Daniel worked as a chartered accountant in general practice for seven years, initially based in Fleet in Hampshire, and for four years in Watford, Hertfordshire. Libby studied geography at university and then went on to teach geography in a secondary school in Reading until the birth of Joshua. 

We began to sense a call to do something ‘more’ with our lives, particularly in Africa. After much prayer and ‘pushing doors’, we were accepted by MAF and moved to Tanzania in April 2006 where Daniel served as Finance Manager at the MAF office in Dodoma. In August 2010, we moved to Kenya where Daniel took up the same role as Finance Manager in MAF’s office in Nairobi. Libby looks after our children and assists MAF in a variety of ways. She is also involved in helping people in the local community. 

We have three children: Joshua (who was born on the infamous 11 September 2001), who loves trains and all things Disney/Pixar; Bethany (born on 1 November 2002), who is crazy about anything and everything pink, and Caleb (born on 9 February 2005), who is into everything!

We firmly believe that working for MAF is exactly what God wants us to be doing and that He has supporters in mind who between them will provide the perfect amount of financial support for us from ‘God’s storehouses.’ We should be really grateful if your prayers would include asking the Lord whether you are one of those people.