Levi Benkert's Blog, page 11

Wrecking Perfect – Finding purpose where you least expect it.

Alright, at the risk of making it even worse than it already is, I’ll admit it.  I am having trouble writing.  Where I once found inspiration in a blank page I now feel self doubt and struggle with the validity of my words and opinion.  I think the best way to describe it is that … Read More

Finally!…Almost..

Ok, so its March right?  Yeah. I just checked, its March, which means it is a full 5 months after we first raised money to buy a bus.   And finally, after more broken clutches, missing turbo chargers, nasty seats, broken doors and all sorts of other shenanigans that you can imagine on a bus … Read More

An orphan no more – 8 year old Selam Sings All this time by Britt Nicole

When visiting one of our forever family homes made up of widows and former orphans here in Ethiopia, little Selam who is 8 told us that she wanted to share a song with us.  We had no idea this girl could sing!   Just try and watch her as she sings “All This Time” by Britt Nicole … Read More

Big News for the Benkert Family

Ok, so this really a big update for our family here.   Something that has been coming for a while, and now that it is getting closer to being a reality it feels even more like a massive transition for us than we had thought. Before we go further, before the off chance exists that someone will … Read More

Passion, the raw, unfiltered, down in the mud kind

I am not sure why it is but lately my writing has been all “bloggy”..  Like I have been writing all my thoughts as a “blog post”, with a start, and a middle and and end, and a neat little point that is all wrapped up in a bow.  A while back I decided I wasn’t going to … Read More

8 things my marriage taught me about God

I recently read that if you were to go outside at night and hold out a dime at arms length, the dime would be blocking from your view (if your eyes were powerful enough to see them) more than 10 million stars.  Although that is an incredible fact, and beyond anything my tiny brain can comprehend, … Read More

Bus update

Ok, so you have heard us say before that things move slowly over here in Ethiopia.  Yet again we are finding that to be true when it comes to the bus that we raised funds for several months ago.  First it was we were waiting for the new year to come along for budget ratio … Read More

How is Bring Love In?

I am not quite sure why it is, but in taking a look back at our blog posts over the past year it jumped out at us that we have gotten out of the habit of writing general, all around updates for you all.   So sorry about that.  We are going to try and get … Read More

Good comes from many different places

A really neat trend that we have started to see more and more is small business owners who are coming along side our ministry to help support financially through partnerships and ingenious concepts to raise both funds and awareness.  We are learning that there is no end to the creativity of people out there who … Read More

The incredible power of helping someone in need

I once sat in a movie theatre, but I didn’t see a movie. A girl sat next to me that was far more interesting than any movie could ever be, and I was far to involved with mustering the extraordinary effort it was taking to reach out and hold her hand. I inched closer, and … Read More