Ben
I mentioned Ben once just briefly in a previous email. I have been meaning to write a blog entry all about him and I decided this one would be it.
I met Ben my first Sunday after moving to Africa. We were visiting the same church. He had the best smile. During the service the Pastor of the church who I had become friends with from a previous visit, asked me to share a little about why I had just moved to Tanzania.
After church Ben came over to me to thank me for sharing. We began to chat and he told me about himself:
Ben was born in Sudan. His family's farm was destroyed during the war. His father had to send the whole family to Uganda for safety and survival. Ben's dad stayed in Sudan and joined the military. While in Uganda Ben became a Christian.
As he began to pray about his future he felt that God was calling him to go back to Sudan and help the orphans. Not knowing how to do that an opportunity to intern at an orphanage in Tanzania opened up. Ben has been in Tanzania since May working and learning about how to run an orphanage. He internship ends in May 2007 and then he plans to move back to Sudan and open "New Hope Sudan Children's Home."
Ben does not come from a wealthy family and he has no idea how any of this is going to happen, but that doesn't change what he knows God has asked him to do. He is a young man of great faith in God. He believes what God says in Philippians: "He who began a good work in you will complete it." To accept a dream from God that seems impossible is to say to God, "I trust you to do what you put in my heart." Trusting God for the impossible is what Ben has decided to do. The Bible is full of examples of people who trusted God for things that were not possible if you were looking at them from a natural point of view...But the Lord loves to do the impossible and He loves it when we trust Him even when there is no possible way.
If you have read anything about Sudan then you know that there are many orphans because of the war. Ben wants to not only start a Children's Home but he wants to have a beautiful one...Where the kids feel safe and their home is a refuge...Spiritually and physically.
Ben loves coming to our orphanage building to visit because he says that what we are building is exactly what God has put on his heart. Melissa, Jodie and I try very hard to always make time for Ben when he is in town...The orphanage he works at is about 40 minutes from us. When he visits we pray together and we ask lots of questions about his vision for "New Hope." He says that his vision has been renewed seeing our place and talking about it with us. We are blessed to meet such a sweet, giving young man. Please pray for him when you have a chance...You'll be investing in a miracle. :)
I met Ben my first Sunday after moving to Africa. We were visiting the same church. He had the best smile. During the service the Pastor of the church who I had become friends with from a previous visit, asked me to share a little about why I had just moved to Tanzania.
After church Ben came over to me to thank me for sharing. We began to chat and he told me about himself:
Ben was born in Sudan. His family's farm was destroyed during the war. His father had to send the whole family to Uganda for safety and survival. Ben's dad stayed in Sudan and joined the military. While in Uganda Ben became a Christian.
As he began to pray about his future he felt that God was calling him to go back to Sudan and help the orphans. Not knowing how to do that an opportunity to intern at an orphanage in Tanzania opened up. Ben has been in Tanzania since May working and learning about how to run an orphanage. He internship ends in May 2007 and then he plans to move back to Sudan and open "New Hope Sudan Children's Home."
Ben does not come from a wealthy family and he has no idea how any of this is going to happen, but that doesn't change what he knows God has asked him to do. He is a young man of great faith in God. He believes what God says in Philippians: "He who began a good work in you will complete it." To accept a dream from God that seems impossible is to say to God, "I trust you to do what you put in my heart." Trusting God for the impossible is what Ben has decided to do. The Bible is full of examples of people who trusted God for things that were not possible if you were looking at them from a natural point of view...But the Lord loves to do the impossible and He loves it when we trust Him even when there is no possible way.
If you have read anything about Sudan then you know that there are many orphans because of the war. Ben wants to not only start a Children's Home but he wants to have a beautiful one...Where the kids feel safe and their home is a refuge...Spiritually and physically.
Ben loves coming to our orphanage building to visit because he says that what we are building is exactly what God has put on his heart. Melissa, Jodie and I try very hard to always make time for Ben when he is in town...The orphanage he works at is about 40 minutes from us. When he visits we pray together and we ask lots of questions about his vision for "New Hope." He says that his vision has been renewed seeing our place and talking about it with us. We are blessed to meet such a sweet, giving young man. Please pray for him when you have a chance...You'll be investing in a miracle. :)
posted by Lydia | 6:41 AM
2 Comments:
How very nice to have someone to talk to with similiar vision.
JoRo
I'll will pray for Ben. He does sound inspirational!
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