Children's Homes

Read about one of our children’s homes by selecting the home/tab below.

Ebenezer Grace Children's Home

Ebenezer Grace Children’s Home (EGCH) was the first of the Ebenezer homes, opening it’s doors in 2010 with one child. There have been many changes since then. Year-by-year the number of children, staff, and ministry continue to grow, at times more than 40 children.

These children come from various backgrounds, tribes, and subcultures. Some are counted as “cursed” acoording to tribal conditions, even condemned to death. Others were abandoned as infants. Regardless of their history, we believe that God gave value and purpose for each one. We are thankful that for however long they remain with us, that we have the opportunity to be a part of their story, and for them to become part of our family.

House of Hope

House of Hope (HOH) originally started in late 2017 as a home for children with HIV. However, as the ministry grew, as well as the kids, we realized that what we needed was a home for the older boys. HOH is currently located in the unfinished building project of the Ayeles’ future home/guesthouse. These boys are like family to one another, with the older ones in charge of the younger ones and a few adults to assist as well. They have a unique bond, even though they each have a different story. The home boasts many healthy young men as well as some with HIV, one who is blind, one without the use of their legs and one without arms. But they are brothers, even though they may disagree on who’s the best football (soccer) team.

Lantu's Home of Hidden Treasures

Lantu’s Home of Hidden Treasures (Lantu’s Home) opened in October 2015. As with the beginnings of any ministry, it was birthed in the hearts of others long before the first child arrived. For Argaw and Rachel Ayele, the impression of Lantu’s (EGCH’s first child) life and death left a burden for future ministry. They had a heart to help others–like Lantu with disabilities and special needs. Meanwhile in Florida, Suzanne Scheuble, had a passion and vision to be a part of a children’s home serving both those with special needs and typically developing children. The two ideas intersected as a collaborative effort to start what became Lantu’s Home.

Lantu’s Home has since merged with Ebenezer Grace Children’s Home due to housing issues back in 2022. However, just as God puts kids with special needs in families with typically developing children, we now see the benefit of having them altogether. The kids without special needs love to help and care for those with; and the ones with special needs light up when one of their “brothers” or “sisters” without walk into their room.

“There was a set of twins whose mother had died during childbirth, a girl with cerebral palsy who couldn’t quite meet your gaze, but she smiled, and not just a little smile but a big wide grin, when I ran my fingers through her hair and rubbed her head. These babies and special needs kiddos are cared for by sweet, amazing women who the team calls mamas. They gently and patiently feed the children, change them, bathe them, lay them down for naps, and shower them with love. It was hard to leave Lantu’s house, I was the last one out.”

–Caroline Chase (visited Lantu’s Home in February 2016)

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