by April Jurgensen | Feb 14, 2021 | Updates
2020 in Review Undoubtedly, 2020 has been a crazy year of evaluating, pivoting, and stretching for everyone, The Boaz Project included. As we considered how best to inspire and equip leaders around the globe to care for orphans in their own communities during these...
by Courtney Kraus | Feb 7, 2021 | India, Updates
Mari Muthu and Govindraj were orphaned recently, and due to COVID, no one in the village wanted to take them into their own homes. However, the villagers had compassion on the boys and brought them to one of our Indian partner homes. God has been faithful to provide...
by Courtney Kraus | Jan 24, 2021 | Russia, Updates
One of nine siblings, Illya is a first grade boy who resides in one of our partner orphanages in Russia. Though Illya, his four sisters, and one brother are part of the orphanage system, they are said to bring an atmosphere of joy into what can be a dark environment....
by April Jurgensen | Jan 10, 2021 | India, Updates
“I have introduced these children to the love of Christ, and they have taught me more about my Heavenly Father than I understood before,” said Pastor Christopher of the orphans in his care. When Christopher was still a boy, he knew that God was calling him into...
by April Jurgensen | Dec 20, 2020 | Updates
“…The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).” Isaiah 7:14 NLTMay the glorious fact that God is with us be your encouragement and peace this Christmas season and always. From...
by April Jurgensen | Nov 29, 2020 | Updates
God is good! Even Covid-19 has not stopped God from providing for His children. While government closures in Kenya halted the multi-step permission process for construction there, we just received news that the related office has re-opened and the first step is...
by April Jurgensen | Nov 15, 2020 | Orphan Care Issues, Updates
After Samuel’s father died, his mother married a drunkard. This step-father often abused Samuel by burning him, tying his hands and legs together and hanging him in a tree or by putting him in a toilet. After a new baby came, the food, clothing, and affection were...
by April Jurgensen | Nov 9, 2020 | Updates
It’s no secret that 2020 has changed a lot of things in our world. The old ease of getting together with friends and loved ones is sorely missed. Stock in companies that produce hand sanitizer has soared. International travel—once a privilege of relative ease—is...
by April Jurgensen | Oct 25, 2020 | Updates
As we all know now, Covid-19’s spread and the restrictions caused by it seem to change rapidly. But here’s the latest in our children’s homes as of this writing: Russia: Though the majority of the Russian orphanages we work in remain under quarantine, they appear to...
by April Jurgensen | Sep 13, 2020 | Kenya, Updates
Allan was brought to El Shaddai Children’s Center by his mother and some representatives of a church who have a ministry in the Githogoro slum where he lived. His mother, a mentally-challenged and therefore illiterate former orphan, recognized she was unable to care...
