Levi Benkert's Blog, page 27

Got Some Shoes?

Hi there, I have something a bit different to share with you today. Something we have never done before, but judging by the look of things it seems that the time has come. We have an urgent need for good shoes for the forever families here in Ethiopia. Will you help!   What we need … Read More

A hundred things from Ethiopia

Ok, I know, it has been a while. We try to write on here every few days, but oh man has this past week been busy! Who knew that 45 kids was going to be a lot of work right?? Yeah, I guess we should have seen it coming. Anyhow, we are doing good, loving … Read More

A special day for the Bring Love In families (in pictures)

We all met at the office to get on the bus. Excitement was high. You could feel it in the air. The bus ride was loud and fun. There was a lot of singing going on and very happy faces. We headed to a restaurant and ate lots of injera and sodas. Lots and lots … Read More

Orphan Sunday!

Hi, there! ; This is not really the most “normal” of posts here on the blog, most of the time we talk about life in Ethiopia, the good-bad-ugly, of raising a family here and how blessed we are to have forty five kids who are in our new families that we created here from widows … Read More

Necklaces that each of our moms wear and a little getaway with the kids

First I have to tell you about these really neat necklaces that our mothers each have over here. They all have the letters “James 1:27″ stamped into them and have a small pearl hanging on the front. Each of our mothers was given them as a gift and proudly wears them as they serve these … Read More

From here to there (or, A manifesto of hope for a generation of orphans)

This is a new season, a start of something new.   Yes we have spend years on this, decades really when you look back at all the preparing that God has been about, yet as we step back and look at what is happening today, the bigness of it all, it is clear.   This … Read More

Education, and the funny thing about Facebook

One of the things that we are learning (among many things, as I am sure you can assume) with the 45 children in our project is that they are all very far behind on their schooling.  Many of them did not attend school prior to their time at the government orphanage, and the school they … Read More

Some pictures from school

I went with Thomas to pick up one of our girls who was complaining of a stomach ache at school today. And I could not help but snap some pictures. How cool is this place!?!

The boy in the corner

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, I can feel your pain, yet I know I have never known anything like it before.   Dawit … Read More

A picture is worth a thousand words, but…

I already told you how we felt that today was going to be a big one, after pouring our lives into creating the structure, and foundation behind the forever family structure, we were out of the country when kids finally started being placed in families, and today we got to meet them.  And although we … Read More