No Greater Love, Levi Benkert
No Greater Love, Levi Benkert
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No Greater Love

Author: Levi Benkert, Candy Chand

Narrator: Kelly Ryan Dolan

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 07/30/2012


Synopsis

How far would you go to save the life of a child? California businessman Levi Benkertwas playing with his children in the park when he received an urgent phone call from a friend asking him to drop everything and fly to Ethiopia to help organize a rescue orphanage for children destined to be murdered as part of a tribal superstition known as "mingi." In tribal culture, children and infants with even the slightest defect are considered "cursed" and are killed by their own parents, who fear allowing the children to live will cause bad luck to descend on the village. Moved by his friend's story, Levi packed his bags and left for what he thought would be a short, two-week trip. Once he arrived in Ethiopia and met the children, however, Levi knew there was no turning back. Six weeks later, Levi, his wife, Jessie, and their three young children sold their home and all their belongings and relocated to Ethiopia indefinitely. What followed was the adventure of a lifetime. From the challenges of establishing and running the orphanage and finding adoptive homes for the rescued children to his continued efforts to work with tribal leaders and bring an end to "mingi killings" once and for all.

About The Author

Levi Benkert cares for orphans in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with his wife, Jessie, and their four children, Nickoli, Luella, Ruth, and Everly.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie on June 12, 2016

This book was readable but I found that as I progressed I was more and more amazed by the decisions that the author made; many of them seemed to me to be heart over head! The author, his wife and their three young children were living in the US. They described themselves as Christians but were not at......more

Goodreads review by Becky on October 10, 2012

My niece is one of the children rescued by this ministry. What a blessing to those in need.......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on January 10, 2013

One phone call, one plane ticket, and Levi Benkert’s life changed forever. Under a lot of stress, his business was in economic trouble, failing, Levi’s life was full of anxiety and he wasn’t living to be the best person he could be. One day, while half heartily playing at the park with his children,......more

Goodreads review by Leah on December 31, 2013

With his real-estate business crumbling around him, Levi Benkert receives a phone call. An old friend wants him to travel to Ethiopia to aid an effort to rescue children who've been sentenced to death by an ancient tribal practice. The idea is ludicrous. There's no way he can go. Yet Levi soon finds......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on August 13, 2012

I really enjoyed reading the Kindle edition of “No Greater Love” by Levi Benkert and Candy Chand from the comfort of my home in America. This story has haunted me since I first read about the Mingi children in a CNN interview. I loved the fact that there is now a book out there telling more of the s......more