We are working to do just that!!! This is no easy road to take, but one we know the Lord is calling us to travel as well as many of you that will be joining us in caring for these young boys. What they survive through on the daily is unimaginable and their trauma will not just go away. Gut wrenching moments seem to be their daily encounter. Emma was walking with one of the young boys on the streets and a man just came up and hit him over the head and said, "don't help him till he stops using drugs." Well... their drug is sniffing glue, yes, sniffing glue! They get taught very early in street life that you sniff the glue and it helps your hunger pains and keeps you warm at night. These are not young boys that chose this life, it's under heartbreak that they have no family to care for them, and now... WE CHOOSE THEM!
Together, Hand in Hand and BTM, rescues street orphans and operates two homes for them. During each mission trip, we strive to serve the orphans in any way possible. In 2018, a team went into the streets of Chirkos with suitcases full of clothes and a willingness to serve the most vulnerable. The team heard tragic stories of nearly a hundred street orphans. The city of Addis Ababa has an unknown number of street orphans, and some estimate around twenty thousand or more. In January 2019, Dejene suggested let's go to the streets and wash the boys’ feet as Jesus washed his disciples’ feet, and then it grew into a meal, shower, new clothing, shoes, and the Gospel presentation. God has protected the street Orphans, and on numerous trips since 2019, BTM has fed and clothed many of them with your generous support to our General Fund. Each boy is fully cared for in the BTM homes with house parents, cooks, biblical counseling, and a Christian school program to attend.
$55 a month to partner with BTM to show them they are loved, they are valued, and we care for them! We see, and we will not ignore!! Gut wrenching moments are not for us to walk away from, but towards when serving the Lord!!!
Please go to: https://www.bethereministries.com/sponsorships
Partnering with us to give street kids like these an opportunity that they so deserve, may not impact your financial situation too drastically, but for them it drastically changes their lives! It's an exciting and amazing opportunity to be a part of literally rescuing orphans from street life. Will you join us???