by Joy Casey Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good; and yours are the hands with...
“Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me.” – Matthew 18:5. Zewditu and her husband had raised five children but felt God was asking them to continue parenting – only this time they were to invest their lives in the orphans of the town...
by Joy Casey Do you long for a place where politics never intrude and nary a harsh word is spoken? Then you would love stepping into our sweet orphanage in Shashemene! It is an oasis of tranquility and routine where abandoned babies are loved and nurtured until a...
by Joy Casey It was a Monday when we visited a brand-new church plant nestled in the deep countryside of Ethiopia. We were astonished so many people came to the church to welcome us on a weekday. We couldn’t help but join the clapping to the beat of a drum and...
by Joy Casey Mana Gammachuu is translated ‘Joyful Place’ … and that it is. For most anyway. Ethiopian or American, kids generally share the same cognitive milestones, and some 5-6-7-year-olds are more ready for school than others. We have 60 children in our...
Brothers and sister sit ‘round the table Pouring over gifts each colorfully labeled. But not for them, no, they want to give more To those in Ethiopia who are incredibly poor. With money in hand they long with a sigh To do something grand like a house to buy....
