Donna Kafer has been a Chaplain at the Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix Arizona for ten years through her non-profit organization Leadership Challenge of Arizona. She also serves as the Arizona Area Coordinator for the Daughter’s of Destiny Network, a women’s prison ministry based out of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Traveling throughout the United States she shares her testimony with incarcerated women, encouraging them and sharing the freedom that is offered through the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

  

Through her ministry, “Women of Courage” she teaches and speaks to women’s groups encouraging and challenging them in all areas of bondage. The continued effort to champion women’s issues in life, to escape abuse, flee suffering due to alcohol & drug abuse, and embrace the forgiveness of a loving God, are all tenets of her ministry’s mission statement.

Donna appears on the local TBN Television Network Station, local and national radio and television programming, teaches a weekly Bible luncheon at the Arizona State Capitol, and speaks at women’s Church groups and organizations. In the locally filmed movie, Forevermore, about the life of convicted and executed death row inmate Karla Faye Tucker, she plays a brief part as the Chaplain of the Harris County Jail.

Home life: Donna is an Arizona native and has been married to her husband Ross, a Firefighter Paramedic for nineteen years. They have a daughter Andrea Elizabeth who is 16 Years old and attends High School.  Their household is made lively with the antics of their two Malta-Poos, Nicky & Chrissy that were born on Christmas Day 7 years ago.  They reside in the North West part of the Valley of the Sun in the growing city of Peoria.

Donna’s hobbies: Antiquing, Hiking, Delving into History & studying Scripture, Acting, Art, visiting buildings of unique architectural design, and traveling to new and interesting places.

Why did I choose to write this book: A life long devoted fan of history & biographies, it seemed only a natural progression for me to write about the lives of women who displayed great courage when surrounded by adversarial situations.  I have been personally challenged and inspired by the women who gave so freely of themselves to serve others and who were able to overcome insurmountable difficulties, exemplifying the victory and strength of our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that others will be inspired through these “Women of Courage”, just as I have been.