by Joy Casey Abebe is our Ethiopia Country Manager and his wife, Abonesh, is head of our Finance Department in Ethiopia. NewLife has been working alongside this super duo for 16 years and together we have guided the growth of NewLife as God opened doors. When I flew...
by Joy Casey I am back in the capital city of Addis Ababa. My work in the countryside is done and now I switch gears to a cosmopolitan atmosphere with all the trappings that go with a city of 5.5 million residents. Bad roads defined the first week of travel,...
by Becky Burns As I’ve been preparing to retire at the end of 2022, a lot of time has been spent looking back over the 15 years I’ve had the privilege to serve this ministry. There have been incredible blessings, miracles and “only God” moments, as well as some of...
by Joy Casey When facing a transition of some sort or other I ruefully remind myself there is only one constant in this life: change. Change can be invigorating or dreaded — sometimes both — with nostalgia usually thrown into the mix. Becky Burns has...
As Ethiopia issued the news that it was closing down international adoptions, causing the U.S. State Department to stop processing adoption paperwork, we had five children who we were able to place in Italian families in 2018. We have been so blessed to be in good...
Evalie is the product of a family that lives Christ’s injunction to “think of others before yourself”. Ten years ago, Chalyse was adopted from our orphanage in Ethiopia into Evalie’s family, forever captivating their hearts for all things Ethiopian. Mom and Dad have...
