23 Apr The Power of Listening to Your Heart and Taking Action, Joe and Rick’s story in Gunchire, Ethiopia
Joe and Rick standing by the farm built at Kidmia Orphanage
The town of Gunchire is where it all started for Joe Robertson and pastor Rick of Pathway Church. It was here that their partnership built Kidmia orphanage. Later came a library with 6000 books, the kindergarten expansion, a water station that provides water to a community that had none, a soccer field, and a dorm that provides for girls to attend school who otherwise could not. Gunchire was the springboard for starting the Adera Foundation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. God has written a powerful story of life transformation through the friendship and partnership of Joe and Rick and it is an honor to help tell this story.
By all rights, this post should have been a post of buildings and land, we spent hours capturing images that included drone photos from heights exceeding 400 ft so as to provide aerial perspectives of what has been built. The physical nature of the work here is buildings, but in the end, it is all about caring for people and the desire to spread the love of Jesus in a tangible way.
Breaking the multi generational cycle of poverty is not easy, it takes commitment, hard work, accountability and compassion. I have seen Joe and Rick exhibit all of these attributes and the results that I’ve witnessed and photographed here in the little village of Gunchire has touched my heart and stirred my soul.
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- Children of the Gunchire community
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- Children of the Gunchire community
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- One of the girls who can now attend school and receive a education due to the construction of a girls dorm
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- Walking the streets of the village of Gunchire
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- Gunchire Village
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- Precious girl on the streets of Gunchire village… two missing teeth makes her little smile all the more precious 🙂
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- A couple of interesting residents of Guncherie
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- Entry to Kidmia Orphanage
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- Kidmia Orphanage arrival
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- Old friends at Kidmia
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- Joe and Rick in front of the chicken coup addition at Kidmia
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- Joe and Rick in front of the Kidmia farm
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- Kidmia
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- Kidmia
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- Kidmia
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- One the homes for children built at Kidmia traditionally designed to feel like home
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- Inside home for children at Kidmia
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- One of the children living at Kidmia
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- Library
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- Library with 6000 books donated by Joe and Rick’s partnership
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- Rick standing under a plaque recognizing his church’s gift of the library
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- Plaque on library
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- Soccer field
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- Soccer field
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- Aerial view soccer field
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- High school where girls dorm was built
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- Girls dorm addition
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- Girls dorm
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- Girls dorm
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- Kindergarten expansion
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- Kindergarten expansion
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- Kindergarten expansion
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- Rick standing under a plaque recognizing his church’s gift of the kindergarten
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- Pastor Rick standing in front of water station
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- Aerial view of Pastor Rick standing in front of water station that is responsible for the addition of homes see in this photo
– On assignment with the Adera Foundation in Ethiopia, traveling with Adera founder Joe Robertson and Pastor Ricky Owen
“The Adera Foundation shares the gospel in both word and deed, transforming the lives of the poor with help and true hope.”
Adera stories on my Coastal Traveler blog – https://rdmosley.wordpress.com/tag/the-adera-foundation/
To learn more about how you can be a part of changing lives please see the Adera website – https://www.aderafoundation.org
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