inspiring hope. one family at a time.Institutions don't change kids' lives, families do. While the quick fix to the orphan care crisis in Africa is to build orphanages and give kids the most comfortable life possible, in the long term it makes the situation exponentially worse. Kids need families. We believe we have been called to take away all the barriers that might keep a child from their family or tribe of origin so they can grow up learning what family looks like. You can be an integral part of that. You can be a forever family to a child you may never meet.
And we think that's worth investing in. 
Three years ago today, my family boarded an airplane with 15 bags containing all the earthly possessions that we hadn’t sold, bound for a land we felt called to minister in. A crowd of 60 people accompanied us to the airport to send us off. Many tears were shed and a lot of hugs were given. Some “final” words were passed along, and the sentiment that had been echoed so many times in the past 12 months came again, “Thanks for obeying God’s call to go.”
We tend to super-spiritualize the call to go. We put missionaries who go in a separate category, and while there is a good deal of faith required to sell everything and go, I believe there is a group of people who are vastly overlooked when a missionary or missionary family choose to go…those who stay. 
We are absolutely amazed by your giving this Christmas! Thanks to you, 406 Christmas Book cards were sent this year. That means that 406 items were donated to help transition homeless, Ugandan children off of the street and into families!
In total, you gave 14 bunk beds, 13 pillows, 25 mattresses, 34 months of food (enough to feed an entire transitional home for 2.5 years), 40 bedsheet sets, 34 months of water, 39 toys, 12 window curtains, 10 kitchen tables, 46 mosquito nets, 12 shirts, 12 pants, 37 pairs of shoes, 8 wardrobes, 14 toiletry caddies, 12 towels, 21 dinnerware sets, 8 years of toiletries, 5 desks, 10 chairs, 10 backpacks, and 7 sofas for our new Transitional Homes! Thank you for turning our transitional houses into homes! |
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In preparation for the global launch of Benjamin House Ministries in 2015, a short documentary was prepared. Please take a look.
“Benjamin House exists to provide donors, churches, and other groups an avenue to inspire hope across Uganda through the Gospel of Jesus Christ
by transforming the lives of orphans and vulnerable children, preparing them for their futures, and building up the next generation of leaders.”
by transforming the lives of orphans and vulnerable children, preparing them for their futures, and building up the next generation of leaders.”