01/10/2026
BREAKING THE SILENCE OF OUR SITUATION AT THE ORPHANAGE. PLEASE READ
I think sometimes people see where we are today and see the children being cared for, but they don’t always know the journey that brought us here.
This all started because of children who had nowhere else to go.
Over time, I came across children who had lost their parents or had been abandoned and were left without someone to properly care for them. Some had experienced things no child should have to experience. When I met them, I couldn’t simply look away. I knew I couldn’t solve every problem in the world, but I could do something for the children who had come into my life.
So we began caring for them and providing the things that every child deserves — a safe place to sleep, food, clothing, education, medical care, love, guidance, and most importantly, a feeling that they belong somewhere.
Our first home for the children became their little family. It wasn’t perfect, but it was a place they could call home. We tried to give them stability and make them feel safe.
Unfortunately, we eventually lost that home and were forced to move.
Moving an orphanage isn’t like moving an ordinary household. When you have many children, you have beds, mattresses, clothes, school materials, kitchen equipment, food supplies, furniture, and all the other things needed to run a home. You also have to find another suitable property, pay deposits and rent, transport everything, and make sure the children don’t suddenly find themselves without somewhere to sleep.
That first move came with a very heavy financial cost for us. It was painful because money that could have gone directly toward the children’s food, education, healthcare, and future had to be spent simply finding another roof over their heads.
After having to move from our first home due to changing needs for the owners…”we were fortunate that another landlord welcomed us and gave us a place where the children could stay. We were extremely grateful because, at that moment, what mattered most was that the children were not left homeless.
We invested almost $7,000 getting that new place established and making it suitable for the children. That money covered the realities that come with relocating and setting up an entire children’s home again.
And now, after everything we’ve been through, we have been told that we have only about three months to leave this current orphanage.
This is where my heart is struggling the most.
What if something happens again? What if we have to move again? What happens to these children?”
And now we’ve actually been told that we must leave.
The thought of moving these children again breaks my heart.
Every time we move, we have to start over. We have to find another landlord who is willing to take us. We have to pay rent and deposits. We have to transport everything. We have to repair and prepare the new place. We have to spend money that could otherwise be invested directly into the children’s lives.
But beyond the financial cost, there is an emotional cost.
These children need stability.
Imagine being a child who has already lost parents, experienced abandonment, or gone through difficult circumstances, and then having to repeatedly leave the place you have started calling home. Every time they settle somewhere and begin to feel safe, there is the possibility that circumstances beyond their control will force them to leave again.
I don’t want that to become their life.
I don’t want us to spend another $7,000 or more simply moving from one rented house to another, only to find ourselves facing the same situation again a few years later.
That is why I have started believing very strongly that we need to build something of our own.
Instead of continuing to pay the enormous costs of moving, we would like to purchase a piece of land and build a permanent home for the children.
A place that belongs to them.
A place where nobody can suddenly tell us that our lease is ending and we have to leave.
A place where the children can grow up knowing, “This is our home.”
Of course, building our own home is a much bigger project than simply renting another house. It will require land, construction, water, electricity, rooms for the children, a kitchen, bathrooms, educational and recreational space, and all the things necessary to make it a safe and healthy environment.
But I believe the difference is that this would be an investment in their future rather than another temporary solution.
Every dollar spent moving from one rental house to another solves today’s problem. Owning our own land and building our own home could help solve the problem permanently.
And I don’t just dream of having a building with beds inside.
I dream of creating a real home.
A place where these children can grow, study, play, celebrate birthdays, recover from difficult experiences, and make memories without constantly wondering whether they will have to leave again.
I want them to have roots.
I want them to have a place they can point to and say, “This is where I grew up.”
That’s why this situation is so important to me.
We have about three months to find a solution, and I don’t want to wait until the last moment and then be forced into another emergency move.
My hope is that, instead of repeatedly paying for temporary homes, we can come together and begin building a permanent one.
I know that asking people to support land and construction is a big request. I don’t take that lightly. I know everyone who supports us works hard for what they have, and I am deeply grateful for every contribution, no matter how small.
But after everything these children and everyone caring for them have gone through, I truly believe they deserve more than another temporary roof.
They deserve a home.
And I would love for the people who have walked with us on this journey to help us make that home possible.
TOGETHER WE CAN DO IT THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS US
