NewLife Ethiopia

05/30/2026

The month of May brought an outpouring of joy to our Joyful Place orphanage as several precious children were welcomed into their forever families through adoption. Blog link

05/30/2026

The month of May brought an outpouring of joy to our Joyful Place orphanage as several precious children were welcomed into their forever families through adoption.

The month of May brought an outpouring of joy to our Joyful Place orphanage as several precious children were welcomed into their forever families through adoption. Every baby and toddler who comes into our care is entrusted to us through the government agency responsible for orphaned and abandoned....

05/24/2026

This blog post is about God supernaturally healing a young man, and for that we give God all thanks and praise. But it is also about a humble missionary who took a risk by loving someone others saw as unlovable.

by Joy Casey When the following story was related to me, this verse quoted in the gospels came to mind: You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind. And, love your neighbor as yourself. I pondered what loving my neighbor as myself would lo...

05/08/2026

04/25/2026

God hears the cries of vulnerable children needing to be rescued. And He is equally near to the hearts of couples grieving the absence of a child. Every tear is seen. Every prayer is heard. Each one is safely recorded.

Wow—this scripture reveals the incredible intimacy and boundless compassion of God. The families who adopted three of our children in Ethiopia are couples who have long carried the acute ache of infertility. It is a sorrow unlike any other, often accompanied by countless tears and anguished prayer...

04/12/2026

NewLife has vetted, trained and launched thirty-one men behind enemy lines. They live humble lives and are acquainted with persecution. Most live without electricity or running water, many do not have easy access to schools for their children. Read more about these incredible men here..

The following “beatitudes” is written by Dan Steel who has been involved in various aspects of church planting for 25 years. It made me think: how do we measure success in our culture, and how does that measure translate into rural Ethiopian culture? And, dressed in sneakers, when he saw the cro...

03/29/2026

🚨We are inviting you to become a prayer partner for one of the precious children in the orphanage. It’s a simple but powerful commitment—to faithfully pray for a child. Every three months you’ll receive an updated photo along with news about how they are growing and doing. You’ll have the joy of seeing the impact of your prayers over time—and, in the Lord’s timing, rejoicing when God answers your prayers by providing a loving family. Comment below if you are interested!

Twenty-one babies and toddlers fill our Joyful Place orphanage with life each day—eating, sleeping, growing, and playing. Their laughter, and sometimes their cries, echo through the compound—a beautiful reminder of life and hope. And yet, each one of these precious children shares a difficult be...