Dr. Reuben Gobezie is the Board President and Executive Director of Elevate Orphan. Reuben, who was born in Addis Ababa, and his wife Courtney have four children, the youngest of whom was adopted from Ethiopia. The Gobezie family is committed to seeing the Lord glorified by helping the children and widows who are impacted by Elevate Orphan. They go on missions trips to Ethiopia together often.
Dr. Biruk L. Wamisho, Professorship of Orthopedic Surgery by the Addis Ababa University Board of Governors. Dr. Biruk along with his beautiful wife, Lili and 2 girls – Hildana and Abayelet and their son, Joel, live in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We are so thankful for Dr. Biruk’s wisdom, insights and desire to glorify God as he helps us in this good work of elevating orphans and placing them in families!
The Edwards’ family loves the kids at Elevate Orphan and they are passionate about God’s heart to care for the orphan and widow (James 1:27). Brandon is a Worship Pastor at Journey Church in Bozeman, Montana. He has had the privilege to oversee Journey’s global outreach for the past 7 years and has led many short-term missions trips to Ethiopia as well as a continued to partnership with Elevate Orphan/Bring Love In in Addis for many years.
Thomas is a gifted administrator and loves the children passionately and is a brother in Christ of high integrity, profound organizational skills and extreme honesty. Thomas, as a native of Ethiopia, has developed deep relationships within the Ethiopian Government and Orphanages. He has a broad network of relationships that enable him to connect the children with jobs, vocational schools and housing as native born Ethiopians and long-standing residents of Addis Ababa and of The Body of Christ in Addis.
