Levi Benkert's Blog, page 32

I cried when I saw these…

It’s early, most of the family is still asleep, but my two early-riser girls are up and at em, so the three of us are hanging out on the couch, playing.  Everly has a doll that her grandmother made her, … Continue reading →

They keep coming!

Remember when we asked for you to fast with us because we were ready for kids to come into our new families, but they were taking a long time?   Yeah, that is NOT the case any more! Today I … Continue reading →

Book Winners

Hi there, Thank you all so much for the stories that you shared on the book giveaway last week.  We were touched by your words and the journeys that God has each of you on. We have the winners here … Continue reading →

Job openings in the “Sign Holder Department”

You know those guys who stand on the side of the road?  The ones who get paid to dance around and hold a sign telling you about the great sale at the mattress store, or how if you turn left … Continue reading →

A smathering of things I have been meaning to tell you

Did you know that “Smathering” is not a word? The things we learn every day right? Anyhow… Ok, so I have like twenty different updates I have been meaning to write but there have been eight boys following behind me … Continue reading →

More about the kids

I was finally able to talk with Thomas about the new children and hear a bit more about the floodgates that have opened up. There are now 14 children in the two families and he said they are all doing … Continue reading →

Incredible!!!

I can’t get Skype to work.  Grrrr.   So I have literally only one sentence of information right now.   But I wanted to tell you what I know.    We had 12 new kids move unto our forever families … Continue reading →

Book Giveaway!

I am getting ready for my favorite week this year.  I will be a camp counselor at a kids camp in Northern California.   It is a camp that I used to come to when I was a kid and … Continue reading →

A bit of good news

I realized today that I have not posted much on here in the way of updates on the project.  Nearly every day we speak with Thomas on the phone about things over in Ethiopia and just this morning the conversation … Continue reading →

Practical Need

First off thank you so much for all the comments and messages on that last post, what a blessing for us to read your words and feel so supported by all of you!  Really this means more than I can … Continue reading →