We have happy news to share! Two of our babies were adopted recently into strong Christian families. This certainly is wonderful news, but not surprising. All of our little ones in our Mana Gammachuu (Joyful Place) orphanage are adopted by Christ-followers. What sets...
Rahel added a little boy to her family of three daughters, ages 18, 16 and 11, with the adoption finalization of Baby Daniel. Rahel was widowed four years ago and maintains her home in the capital city of Addis Ababa. She earns a good living as owner of a men’s...
The words of an adoptive dad in the video below, “These babies are our challenge…” is the heart of an upcoming adoption seminar NewLife is hosting in Shashemene, Ethiopia. Our orphanage director has met with leaders of evangelical churches asking for their support to...
The transactional component of adoption is stunning when you stop and give it some thought. An orphaned child has no one in the world intimately invested in his life. Without the charity of others, an abandoned baby wouldn’t even survive. And then, with the crack...
The doors to our Joyful Place orphanage have been swinging in and out lately. They swing in when an abandoned baby is brought to our door by the police or other government official, and they swing out when a child is legally adopted and goes home with his or her new...
by Joy Casey You would think after the decades I have worked in the adoption field stories of how God places children in just the right family would be old hat. Same-ol’-same-ol’ … or something like that. Just the opposite is true. Each adoption is like a...