Overnight Miracle

It was a normal Monday, full of to-do lists and all that the beginning of a week holds. We were slowly working through our tasks when Billy received a call from our friend, Rodrigo. Rodrigo is a friend and CCW from Brazil, living in Germany. He runs a Christian non-profit/ministry (All4Aid) that specializes in working with displaced people. We met him as a result of our work with the mass refugee settlement camps in Greece back in 2016, and he has been on the leadership team for the Refugee Highway Partnership. Billy has also been on the leadership team for RHP over the years. We have partnered on several refugee initiatives. When the war broke out in Ukraine, Billy went to help Rodrigo with refugee evacuations (renovating housing for refugees, feeding programs, etc). They also went into Ukraine to make food drops and deliver supplies to churches and pastors who were staying behind to minister to their congregations who could not leave.
 
So, on this seemingly normal Monday, Rodrigo called to say that one of those churches had been caring for 18 orphans, but now needed to evacuate those children. They wanted to get them to the safe house that Billy had helped to renovate in 2022, but needed $10,000 to outfit the house for that many children and to physically provide for moving the kids. The kids needed to be moved as soon as possible, so the question was whether or not we could raise the money fast enough. If not, they would still be moved, but to a mass facility (not outfitted for children who are unaccompanied minors).
 
Billy and I said that we would check our ministry account and see how we could help. We immediately sat down and sent out a video to our donors to ask for help. We put it in the Lord’s hands and trusted that He would touch hearts. Then we went to bed. 
 
We woke up Tuesday morning and waited for the financial office to open in Atlanta so we could check our ministry account.
 
YOU DID IT!
YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
We cannot thank you enough! We went to bed praying that we would have enough donations to be able to help get the 18 orphans out of Ukraine and into a safe and loving home run by safe and trained Christian mission workers. When the finance manager woke up and we got the account information, we found out that YOU DID IT! Over night, while we slept, you did it! Together, we raised more than enough to get the children into a safe house in Romania.
 
We wired the money and our partner team is already working out the details. The children will be moving together to their new home soon.
 
Over the past couple of weeks, Rodrigo and his team have been using your donations to make necessary repairs and upgrades to the house that will soon be home to these children. Painting, plumbing repairs, new beds and bedding and flooring… lots of preparations! In the meantime, 3 of the children were given visas in conjunction with an NGO to evacuate to the USA. The remaining orphans are awaiting final paperwork so they can cross into Romania and into the care of All4Aid. As is typical with legal paperwork and visas, it has gone slower than anyone hoped. We will keep you updated as this progresses.
 
Over the years, we have never lacked for funds for a project or need. God is so good. And our partners (YOU) are so faithful. We feel like we are just the connector piece… we are on the ground and we share the needs with good people who really want to make a difference, they just need to know how. We are so grateful to share in this work with you and to be a part of something big that is Kingdom work. We just share the opportunities and we get to partner with God and with you… and the blessings just happen!
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Thank You so much! This is truly amazing. We will continue to support and sustain these children and this mission effort in the coming months. Billy is in conversation with Rodrigo and we’ll make sure to continue this partnership and support. We love the work of All4Aid and are proud to be able to partner with them as they serve in the difficult places. Thank you so much for your love and your responsiveness to the need.
 

Due to the secure nature of refugees and orphans, we cannot show photos of the children involved in this story. Thanks for understanding.