Levi Benkert's Blog, page 14

The boy in the corner

This story is being republished from earlier as part of our Best Of Bring Love In Summer 2014.   He is shy and clingy all at the same time, grabbing tight when you show him attention and yet struggles to maintain a sense of normal when someone is not actively loving on him. Oh child, … Read More

Orphans – Plan A, Plan B, (and should we even be talking about plan C?)

James is clear right in the twenty seventh verse of the first chapter, and I think for the most part the church has risen to heed that call, but when it comes to how we should be caring for widows and orphans, there are many trains of thought. Today, I am tackling this very complicated … Read More

Sometimes you just gotta get away

This past week all 54 kids from our forever families, along with their moms and more than 20 of our staff piled into a bus and headed out of town to a lake outside the city in a town called Debre Zeit.  We wanted to share a few pictures with you from this very special … Read More

The next steps for Africa

This post is being republished as part of our Best Of Bring Love In Summer 2014   I can’t explain it, but this morning I woke up with a heaviness for the people of this country that we live and work in, like someone had tied a big weight to my back and with every … Read More

A day in the life of an orphan

Reposted from earlier as part of Best of Bring Love In Summer 2014 Magadis The cold wet air blows through an open crack in the window like a howling beast.  I bite down hard on my lip to hold back a scream and curl my small body closer to Selamwit a girl who is just … Read More

Goal? What goal? Because we just blew past this one!

Aselefech was adopted from Ethiopia many years ago.   Now she is grow and has turned her heart towards her home country and has been working to help preserve families.  A few weeks ago she set out to raise 5,000 to help Bring Love In also just that, Because she wanted to see children who … Read More

The Art of Automotive Repair (or Why My Soul is Being Stripped Bare)

*This post is being republished as part of our Best of Bring Love In Summer. A few days ago I opened up my email and saw a message from Thomas, our good friend (who is also the country director for Bring Love In) in Ethiopia, as a favor to us he has been overseeing some … Read More

Graduation day!

I can’t even begin to tell you how much we are beaming with pride for these kids.    This past week was graduation day for many of our younger children and as you can see in these pictures it was just sbout the neatest thing for these kids to move ahead in school.  Many of … Read More

Thank you!

A few months back we posted about the need for some creative craft projects for our families here during rainy season (which also happens to be summer break), a few weeks ago we got all of the stuff over here and distributed it to our moms for them to use with the kids, they are … Read More

Best of Summer

Ok so it is summer time, which in Ethiopia means that the rains are falling hard on our heads making rivers out of the roads, and the sun seems to be hiding its face from us, not that we are complaining, with the rain comes green like you have never seen, and every farmer from … Read More