Johnny & Kate believe that any orphan is better off with a family. How true. And there are SO many people that believe that, but very few who actually open their own home and welcome them into their own family. Johnny and Kate did not just "start an orphanage," they increased their family to provide these girls with home.
The Brooks's home may be running out of physical space, but their hearts and vision are not diminishing. Their different approach to orphan care extends into other families. They have found other Kenyans who have the same heart for children and are now assisting them as they open their homes to children in need of families. This is the pattern for orphan care that they intend to take: offering children in need a future and a hope by allowing them to be a part of a family.
I LOVE that the vision that God has given Johnny & Kate! I love the picture of redemption it offers! These children are taken from a state of desolation and hopelessness freely offered the new hope of a new future, just as we are offered in Christ! What an awesome physical representation of what the Lord freely offers His children.
Check out their website:
And their blog: (updated regularly, quite amusing, and often very thought provoking)
Thank you, Brooks family, for allowing God to use you in such a unique way. Thank you for doing exactly as Jesus would do!
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