First Annual Celebration Banquet
howFar Ministries and The How Far Foundation
April 23, 2010
6:30 TO 9:30 PM
The Community Center at Cross Pointe Church
1800 Satellite Boulevard
Duluth, Georgia 30097

"I Love You Jesus, You Are My Savior"

I was thrilled when the boys of Standard Two chose this song when I asked them to sing for me. Lake Jipe Baptist Primary School, in western Kenya, was founded in 2006 by our ministry. It is now operated in a partnership with The How Far Foundation and the Education Ministry of Kenya. Approximately 120 Maasai students, in 6 grade levels, attend the school.

2010 Board of Directors

howFar Ministries, Inc. and The How Far Foundation, Inc. are governed by a Board of Directors. The board gives direction and counsel to the Managing Director of the ministry.

Bill McIver - Chairman

After a 40 year career with GMAC, Mr. McIver retired in 2009 as Director of Remarketing for the US. Bill currently works as a consultant to GMAC and leads his consulting company, Forsyth Consulting Group, Inc. He earned his BA from Augusta State College and an MBA from Samford University. Bill also serves on the Board of Directors of Envoy International, Inc. Bill and his wife, Nadine, have been married for 42 years and have one child. They reside in Cumming, Georgia.

Scott Gates - Vice-Chairmam

Mr. Gates has been in leadership and management with Fortune 500 Ryder System since 1995. He is currently Director and General Manager of Ryder Fleet Products, Inc. Scott attended Florida State University. He also serves on the Development Council for the Atlanta Union Mission. Scott and his wife, Lori, have two girls and live in Suwanee, Georgia.

Renee Maynard - Co-Founder, Secretary & Treasurer

Mrs. Maynard has balanced raising six successful children and serving her local and global community for the past 30 years. She is a team-recipient of The Thousand Points of Light Award from President George H Bush for her work with grieving families. Mrs. Maynard was honored with the Heroes for Children Award from Governor George W Bush for her outstanding contribution to education as President of the Education Foundation and PTA in Pilot Point, Texas. She has worked tirelessly for several years to improve the quality of life for women and orphans in sub-Sahara, Africa. Renee has her AA in Secretarial Science from Pasadena City College and BA in Child Psychology and Christian Education. Renee is married to How Far Foundation co-founder Mark Maynard. They have six children and three grandsons. The Maynard's reside in Sugar Hill, Georgia.

Mark Maynard - Founder and Managing Directorr

Mr. Maynard is a 25 year Sales and Management veteran in the Advertising and Business Products industries. Mark served as National Sales Training Manager for Minolta Business Solutions, Inc. the direct sales division for Minolta Corporation, USA. Mark directed all aspects of training, development and learning in support of 42 US sales branches. He managed five strategic regional training centers offering a wide array of sales, product, technology, leadership and management courses. Mark left a successful career in 2005 to begin what would become The How Far Foundation. Mark is married to co-founder, Renee Smith Maynard. They travel extensively in their work but call Sugar Hill, Georgia their home. Mark and Renee have six children and three grandsons. Mr. Maynard is past President of the Board of Directors at GRACE, a relief agency serving Grapevine, Colleyville and Southlake, Texas. Mark attended the University of South Florida.

Robert Boogaard

Mr. Boogaard is a seasoned executive in international business. He is currently Director of Global Marketing for Norit Process Technology located at Enschede, The Netherlands. Rob lives in Utrecht, Netherlands with his wife, Melissa, and their three children.

Scott Redmon

Mr. Redmon is an Information technology leader currently working as Senior Manager, Storgage and Linux Systems at Arris, a global technology company specializing in Broadband Networks. Scott studied Computer Engineering at Auburn University and earned his BA in Business management at Georgia State University. Scott and his wife, Leatia, live in Suwanee, Georgia with their three sons.

Tom Williams

Mr. Williams is involved in the Surity Industry in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an Underwriting Manager at CNA Surity Corporation, providng surity bonds to commercial construction companies in the region. Tom is a graduate of The State University of West Georgia, and has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Stetson School of Business at Mercer University. Tom and his wife, Beth, live in Lawrenceville, Georgia and have two children.


Board of Reference:

Phillip Haynes

Mr. Haynes is the Principle Consultant at Onesimus Group based in Atlanta, Georgia. Phillip is an entrepreneur with a wide range of holdings including real estate, construction and education. Phillip is co-founder and principle architect of Crimson Academy in Gihara, Rwanda. Mr. Haynes earned his BA at Howard University and his Masters in Education at Harvard University. Phillip and his wife, Holly, live in Sugar Hill, Georgia. They have two children, a son and a daughter.

Tim Korosec - Past Chairman and Co-Founder (Retired)

Mr. Korosec, and his wife Christine, have been long time friends of Mark and Renee Maynard. They have shared a common vision for improving the quality of life for those who cannot help themselves. In 2007, the Korosec's and the Maynard's made plans and laid the groundwork for what would become The How Far Foundation. Mr. Korosec is Director of Sales at Dole Packaged Foods where he has worked since 1996. Tim and his wife have two sons and reside in Buford, Georgia.

Rev. Scott Morgan

Mr. Morgan is Pastor of Adult Discipleship at Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Georgia.

'News from the Maynards at howFar Ministries...howFar will you go?'

'News from the Maynards at howFar Ministries...howFar will you go?'

How Far Foundation WAPI (Water Pasteurization Indicator) Distribution

Crimson Academy Project Moves Forward

Press Release

January 8, 2010 - Gihara, Rwanda

Work continues on the construction or our second school, Crimson Academy, located at Gihara, Rwanda. Crimson Academy follows our initial school project, founded in 2006, for Maasai children at Orkung'u, Kenya.

For an update on the project visit www.crimsonacademy.com.

Crimson Academy, to begin with four classrooms, is scheduled to open in mid- 2010. The private Christian School will educate 100 marginalized Batwa Pygmy children. The vast majority of the underprivileged Twa children have never had access to an education. Each child will receive basic English, mathematics, health, science and Bible free of charge.

The goal of howFar is to raise up a generation of Christian Batwa leaders who will be trained and enabled to evangelize their indigenous "least-reached" people group. The Batwa inhabit portions of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The How Far Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Humanitarian Aid Agency and is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a Public Charity. All donations to The How Far Foundation, Inc are tax deductible.

Mark Maynard
Managing Director
howFar Ministries, Inc.
The How Far Foundation, Inc.

The King is Coming!

Renee and I recently returned to First Baptist Sugar Hill where, in 2004, I was ordained into the gospel ministry. We were invited to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through the presentation of a wonderful Christmas Musical. All of the elements of a traditional Christmas presentation were included....a beautiful set, children singing, moving and inspirational solos and choir numbers followed by a really well done message from the pastor.

The entire evening was expertly crafted to point us to the birth of our Savior and Redeemer.

"For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this." Isaiah 9:6,7

At Christmas our focus is on Christ's first coming as Messiah, and rightly so, that is what we are celebrating. Everything that we would hope to see and hear was included in the evenings' event to make that message crystal clear. What I did not expect was the final number which was, for me, the evenings perfect culmination and expression of worship.

The market place is empty,
No more traffic in the streets.
All builder's tools are silent,
No more time to harvest wheat.
Busy housewives cease their labors,
In the Courtroom no debate.
Work on earth is all suspended
As the King comes through the gate.

Oh the King is coming,
The King is coming,
I just heard the trumpet sounding
And now his face I see.
Oh, the King is coming,
The King is coming
PRAISE GOD,
He's coming for me!

All the railroad road cars are empty,
As they rattle down the tracks.
In the newsroom no one watches,
As machines type pointless facts.
All the planes veer off their courses,
No one sits at the controls,
For the King of all the ages
Comes to claim eternal souls.

Happy faces line the hallways,
Those whose lives have been redeemed.
Broken homes that He has mended,
Those from prison He has freed.
Little children and the aged,
Hand in hand stand all aglow,
Who were crippled, broken, ruined,
Clad in garments white as snow.

I can hear the chariots rumble.
I can see the marching throng.
The flurry of God's trumpet
Spell the end of sin and wrong.
Regal robes are now enfolding,
Heaven's grandstand all in place.
Heaven's choir now assembled
Start to sing Amazing Grace.

Oh, the King is coming,
The King is coming
I just heard the trumpet sounding
And now His face I see
Oh, the King is coming
The King is coming
PRAISE GOD,
He's coming for me!

"For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works." Matthew 16:27

As the gospel quartet sang, and the tears of joy began to flow, we were wonderfully reminded of that glorious event that is yet to happen. Christ will come again. Not as an infant, not as the One who came to ransom us from the wrath of God....but as King Jesus to reign and rule forever. "PRAISE GOD, He is coming for me!"


Merry Christmas from Hillary, Mark, Renee and John