Mt. Bethel’s Incredible Response to Sponsoring Orphans

Sunday was a day of huge miracles and evidence of the power of the God we serve. In response to Randy’s passionate altar call and in obedience to the call on every Christian to love, care for and defend the fatherless, over 400 Mt. Bethel members responded to sponsor orphans! Not only were all the needs of the orphans in Molo and Maralal met, including many special medical needs, but over 60 commitments were made for additional orphans to be matched with the sponsors, as soon as they can be added to the Project 82 orphan ministry program.

Project 82 had only expected and planned for less than 150 children to be sponsored Sunday morning but God exposed our plans to be too small for what He intended. No one can imagine the joy unbounded by the children and our caregiving “angel” partners when they heard the news. What you didn’t know, but Randy did, is that all of the children and the leaders had been praying specifically for him daily for over a week and they were trusting God for a miracle!

There are also embedded in the broader miracle, so many miracles in the lives of the children including Yvonne, an orphan who was born deaf and has never been to school; however, in January, Yvonne will be attending a school for the deaf and will be able to begin the life that God intended for her! Additionally, there are over 20 children, who have attended a Muslim school because of no other options, who will be attending a Christian school beginning in January 2012.

Our prayers have always been that in response to the fruit of the ministry, God alone would always and forever receive all glory and praise! We thank you, Mt. Bethel, and are so grateful to you from which Project 82 was birthed. We thank Randy for his huge heart and obedience in defending the fatherless, and we are joining the precious orphans and so many more in praising God and looking forward to discerning and following His future plans for the ministry. God is so very good, and Mt. Bethel continues to be a home of miracles!

Ferrell Coppedge
Chairman of the Board
Project 82