We care for orphans.  This has always been our primary goal.  In 2000, our founder Roger heard a sermon talking about Jonathan and David.  Jonathan and David were best friends.  Jonathan’s dad was King Saul.  After King Saul died, David became king.  One day David asked if there was anyone left from Jonathan’s family.  His advisors told him about Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth who was a cripple.  David asked them to bring him to the king’s palace.  Mephibosheth was afraid that David was going to kill him since he was part of the family of the previous king.  But David told him that he wanted him to come and eat at his table as one of his own sons for the rest of his life.  When Roger heard that, he said if he ever had an orphanage, he would bring the children to the table as his own children for the rest of their lives.  And this is what we have done.  And this is why we are called Jonathan’s House International.

On the next page you will see how we care for orphans and their communities.  What we do has changed over the years as the needs have changed, but our heart is always to follow after God’s heart in caring for the orphans.