Turn a Vision into Reality
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
James 1:27
Project Mission
This website has been created to share the plans for a new orphanage/school in Liberia, for Greater Love Children's Home. We will be building a 2 story 40ft X 60ft pre-fabricated steel building with the capacity to sleep around 100 children and to educate over 150 students. The building will consist of 20 separate rooms, 10 bedrooms and 10 classrooms. Other priorities include a water well, fencing around the property, and sewage system. Kami visited Liberia in January 2008 to present the project plan to Pastor Wesley (Greater Love Children's Home) and HollyAnn Petree (Addy's Hope) and research building materials, time frame, costs, logistics, and the needs of the orphans near Monrovia, Liberia.
Click here to learn more details about this project.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
A night for orphans in Africa
Click here to download event flyer!Please send it to your friends
Knights of Columbus Hall in Fort Collins, CO- If possible, please buy your tickets by August 3rd to help us know how much food to prepare
- Other special guests include Russ Weir from Red Letters Campaign and HollyAnn Petree from Addy's Hope
- The dress is semi-formal (which means what you would wear to an evening wedding)
Quilt made by widows in Malawi, Africa donated by Todd and Holly Petitt with Africa Bags
Press Release
HELP BUILD A HOME FOR ORPHANS IN AFRICA
Join Orphanage Project Liberia on Saturday, August 9th for "A Night for Orphans in Africa" at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Fort Collins, starting at 5:30 p.m. Enjoy a delicious dinner, live music, exciting auction items, drinks, dessert, and more, all while raising funds for an orphanage in Liberia that members of the Fort Collins community will personally help build. Tickets for this fun, semi-formal evening are $25 per person and can be purchased through their website (http://www.futurefororphans.com/). If you have an item to donate for auction, please contact Kami Johnson at kaminakjohnson@yahoo.com. Buy a ticket! Bring a friend! Build a home!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Buzz and Jesses Drive
Thanks to the Fort Collins Soccer Club and other generous families in the area for donating items. We are going to continue collecting items so email Kami if you'd like to donate.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Future 4 Orphans Promo Slideshow
A 12 year old girl from Pennsylvania made this slideshow on Smilebox. Over the course of her family's journey to adopt from Liberia, God has been giving her a heart for helping orphans! To quote her, "It is a ton of fun knowing that you are giving the children a brighter future!" Her slideshow will be shown to her whole church on Sunday the 29th! This girl from Pennsylvania wants to encourage other kids to do fundraisers to help orphans. She suggests Threads of Hope where you donate 40 % of sales to a project of your choice. Visit http://www.threadsofhope.com.ph/ if you are interested. This same 12 year old girl has a Change 4 Orphans container at her church. She is also taking shirt and bag orders at her church to help raise money for Orphanage Project Liberia. She says, "Get involved!!!!"
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Five 4 Five
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Bags 4 Orphans
One side of the bag
Other side of the bag
$12 + shipping
There are so many uses for the Orphanage Project Africa Bag!
- Mother's day gifts (you could fill it with goodies for mom)
- Graduation gifts (you could fill it with goodies for a grad)
- Birthday gifts (you could fill it with goodies for friends, family, etc)
- Christmas presents (you could fill it with goodies for friends, family, etc)
- Library book bag
- School book bag
- Grocery shopping (you can fit much more than in a normal plastic grocery bag)
- Shopping at other stores (WalMart, Target, Kohls, JCPenny, Mervyns, anywhere)
- Shopping at your local farmer's market
- Purse
- Bag to carry your things (great for meetings, church, small groups, bible studies, PTA meetings, etc)
- Kids activities (dance shoes/clothes, piano books, sports gear, toys, sleep overs, etc)
- Picnic bag or taking things to a friend's house for a Potluck or BBQ
Thursday, April 24, 2008
T-shirts 4 Orphans
Long Sleeve = $18 + shipping
Kid's shirts = $10 + shipping
You too can outfit the family!
Or get a cute tank, perfect for the hot summer weather!
Or you can wear your shirt in Africa. This is our friend Ray in South Africa.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Emily's Room
Emily's Room Funds = $635
Or send check made out to Addy's Hope Adoption Agency directly to (PLEASE include "New Building Donation - EMILY'S ROOM" in the memo):
Addy's Hope Adoption Agency
3203 Stutz Drive, Midland, TX 79705
or
Jeremy Johnson
5925 Lakeview Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80526
Questions about Emily's Room? Email Kami at bluecowgirl@yahoo.com.
To view the details about Orphanage Project Liberia CLICK HERE.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
More details about the project
Current Facility
The current children's home supports 60 orphans, which is maximum capacity for the facility. This facility will still be used after the new one is constructed. It will serve as a home for unadoptable children, a school for orphans living at the home and children living in the nearby villages, and day-care center.
Project Inspiration
Pastor Richard Wesley is a wonderful man who currently runs Greater Love Children's Home, near Monrovia Liberia. He is also oversees Greater Love Bible Baptist Church, two Greater Love Bible Baptist Church Clinics, and Greater Love Christian School & Day Care Center. He has been blessed with a lot of energy, a love for the children, and great staff to help him in all areas of his ministry. This building/property would be a blessing to his ministry as he can care for more orphans in Liberia.
This is an updated drawing of the orphanage/school.
Addy's Hope Adoption Agency is a Christian, non-profit, adoption agency committed to providing personal service to Christian families as they answer His call to bring His orphans home. Greater Love Children's Home and Addy's Hope are partners in taking care of orphans. Addy's Hope also has a Child Relief Ministry and Addy's Hero Program for anyone who wants to help orphans in Liberia. You can learn more about Addy's Hope by going to http://www.addyshope.com/.
Project Timeline
We have been led to fundraise, coordinate, and build this children's home and school to help take care of God's children in Liberia. We plan to construct this building by the end of 2008. Pastor Wesley will secure property near Monrovia, Liberia, oversee the foundation construction, and coordinate the drilling of the water well. After the foundation is poured we will put the building and other supplies in a cargo container and ship it to Monrovia, Liberia. As soon as it reaches Liberia we will fly over and spend 2 weeks erecting the building with the help of some Liberian workers.
Future Projects
We are looking for a piece of property that is around 3 acres in size allowing for expansion to the children's home. This could consist of new buildings that may have a kitchen, cafeteria, gymnasium, more classrooms, staff living quarters, offices, etc. We would like to eventually add outdoor playground equipment for the children, especially a soccer (football) field.
Project Budget
We need to raise $55,000 for:
Water well = $3,000
Property = $20,000
Building = $32,000
Ways to get Involved
- Pray for this project and the orphans in Liberia
- Share the plan for this project plan with a friend, your church, your work
- Order a Change 4 Orphans Packet
- Buy a shirt (for yourself or give it as a gift)
- Buy a bag (for yourself or give it as a gift)
- Sign the Rebate 2 Orphans Pledge
- Sign the Water 4 Orphans Pledge
- Collect aluminum cans, recycle them, then donate the proceeds
- Collect soccer shoes and shin guards (they call them buzz and jessies in Liberia)
- Collect vitamins and medicine
- Sell something that you don't use anymore that is taking up space in your garage or house on http://www.craigslist.org/ or http://www.ebay.com/
- Donate $1, $5, $10 to the general fund
- Buy one gallon of water (30 of 30 available) for $100 to support the cost of the water well and your name will be added to a thank you plaque next to the water well
- Buy one parcel of land (40 of 40 available) for $500 to support the cost of the property and your name will be added to a thank you plaque next to the entrance of the property
- Buy one room (18 of 20 available) for $1,000 and a plaque with your name or business will be displayed over one of the rooms
This orphanage and home will house and educate over 100 children. By donating money you will be changing the lives of many orphans for years to come. All donations are tax deductible. If you are feeling led to contribute to this project please do so by:
Clicking on the "Donate" button on the right side of this website (or you can visit the Addy's Hope website, and click the "Make a Donation" button). Login to your PayPal account and in the "Add special instructions for the merchant" box type "New Building Donation."
or send a check payable to Addy's Hope (with New Building Donation in the memo) to:
Jeremy and Kami Johnson
5925 Lakeview Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Project Contact
If you have any further questions please contact:
Jeremy and Kami Johnson at
If you would like to get emails about this project when this website is updated please send an email to yz400ryder@yahoo.com with "update list" in the subject.
