BELWOP Rescue Centre Nyeri, Kenya After traveling for over 40 hours, driving through the gate to Belwop was surreal… that’s the only way to put it. We had looked at the children’s pictures, studied their faces for months, prayed for them, and heard others talk about them. We were so excited to meet them
“I have called him Moses!” exclaims Veronica. In America this would most likely be the announcement of a proud mother or father over their new baby boy. But this time, in Kenya, it means something very different. This past Monday March 7th, a one-year old baby boy was found abandoned near a bush. So Veronica
We are so excited to share with you what God has been doing in our lives! This past October we were approached with the need for a family to move to Nyeri, Kenya to serve at an orphanage, the Belwop Rescue Centre. With much prayer and discussion we have proceeded with interviews, applications, immunizations, and
This week Niki and I got our first round of vaccinations for our time in Kenya! We’re getting excited to take an exploratory trip to the Belwop orphanage to see what kind of work we’ll be doing when we move over there! Click to see more… I don’t know that we were ready for all
Posted by: Niki (approved by Ty) 😉 What does repentance look like? What IS repentance? If you’re a Christian you’ve probably heard this word in sermons, maybe even used it in conversation, or consider it something you did in order to receive salvation. Or maybe you’ve never stopped to consider it at all… repentance. By
Posted by: Niki Click here to watch a 2-minute video on the needs of Belwop Click here to watch 4 minute video including the heart of Belwop Kenya. Really?! Kenya?… as in Africa? Yip. From Alaska to Michigan to Africa… and who knows where after that… if you’re beginning to think we’ve lost our mind
Hi family and friends! We all have a really cool opportunity to make a HUGE impact on some orphan’s lives in the next couple weeks! As most of you know Niki and I are in the planning stages of taking our family to Kenya for a year to help the BELWOP orphanage in Nyeri renovate
by: Niki … ok, I have to confess I’d be lying if I actually said that Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year … I do enjoy hearing the song every year at Christmas but I’m always a little bit like “hmmm… if this is the most wonderful time of the year then
By: Niki December 28th, 2006… a day that changed our hearts and lives. Nya has always been our BIG girl… always learning, always striving for the next phase, always taking the world in and learning to articulate it back to us. Her first night in the hospital she layed next to me and neither of
What a blessed fall we’ve had! We’ve enjoyed the company of family from back home to carry us through summer into winter. In October (just in time for Niki’s birthday!) Grami Tami and Papa Ray arrived in St. Joe… they literally sneaked in the back door! And the fun, squealing, snuggling, apple picking, and playing