Grace Center is a place where no one in need is turned away. We strive to minister to the whole person, however messy or broken, and share the love of Christ with them. Please take a moment to see what Grace Center means to so many in need by selecting the videos and stories below.
ELSA AND OTHER AMAZING STORIES 2O25
This is a riveting collection of stories from 2025. The stories will remind you of how far all that is given goes in a place like Ethiopia. Hear about God’s redemption, grace, healing, and miracles.
ESCAPE FROM WAR
Beletu came to Grace Center after she escaped from the town where she and her husband were living. What was her sin? She rebelled against her family. Beletu married someone from the tribe they are fighting against—the very people trying to kill them.
GRACE ACADEMY’S TOP STUDENT
When she came to Grace Center, Adena was the primary caregiver for her younger brother while her mother worked. Her father had left them, and they were struggling to survive.
INSPIRATIONAL STORIES
Hear the amazing story of one boy who came to Grace Center. This will truly leave you awe-inspired. Also see other amazing stories of healing and transformation.
BORN WITHOUT ELBOWS, HEALED
He was born with his feet tucked up and turned in. Praise God, through prayer at Grace Center over the past several months, that has been healed. Then I was told that he was also born "without elbows...”
MARCIE’S SURPRISE VISIT
Grace Center Executive Director, Marcie Erickson, makes a surprise visit to Grace Center. In this video, see all that Grace Center is doing in Ethiopia to help people live out God’s calling in their lives.
ABEBE, A STARVING BABY
Abebe was nearly dead as a six-week old baby. Watch this video to see how quickly little Abebe went from starving and malnourished to healthy and well. God has big plans for this boy!
BEGINNING OF GRACE - MY STORY
This is my story of how it all began, from growing up in Naples, Florida to being blessed by my first children through adoption to serving thousands after founding Grace Center in Ethiopia and now also being a mother to twelve children.
FREED FROM THE ENEMY’S ATTACK
Meseret had blocked her traumatic past from her memory, but the effects the enemy had on her were ongoing. At Grace Center, we helped her to receive healing through Jesus’ name and power.
GASPING FOR AIR
Imagine every breath being a struggle. All this while trying to raise a young child as a single mom. Watch as Mulu shares her story and see the effects of having a new life through God’s healing.
FRESH START AFTER PRISON
Imagine spending almost a decade in prison, raising your child in prison. Then what? Even after women and their children are released from prison Grace Center continues to help. Watch this video to see Mendere’s story of new life.
GROWTH AND EXPANSION
Grace Center is excited to be able to reach more people in different places. Not only expanding within Bahir Dar, but opening another branch in another part of Ethiopia, the city of Debre Markos. Watch this video of the exciting journey of growth.
BABY RESCUE HOTLINE
Grace Center has been able to start an emergency hotline, a number a woman can call or text when she feels she has no hope and needs to abandon her baby. Watch this video to see how lives are being saved through the Baby Rescue Hotline.
ADOPTION WITHIN ETHIOPIA
Prior to Grace Center the people in Ethiopia thought adoption was just something that only foreigners did. At Grace Center, we were able to explain that this is something God does. This is a video of one family’s story.
THE WELL AT GRACE
Being in an area of Ethiopia that has little access to running water, Grace Center was able to dig a deep well. Watch this video to see how God miraculously provided and abundance of water through this well.
HOW GRACE CENTER SERVES
This short video shows how Grace Center serves thousands and the various ways we help. We always strive to take each individual who comes to us and help them to do what God has called them to do in their lives.
WHAT IS GRACE?
Shortly after eight year old Shewandagn came to Grace Center, his mother passed away. He joined our Grace family with about 55 other children who have no family outside of Grace Center. This is a video of his poem.
POEM BY A CHILD IN PRISON
In Ethiopia when a mother goes to prison, her children go to prison with her. Grace Center provides for these children. Harewa is one of these children. Listen to Haregwa's award-winning poem.
KEEP THE HEARTS BEATING
At Grace Center we always pray for God’s healing. This is a short video showing before and after photos of children who have come to Grace Center. These are just some of the amazing miracles we have seen.
A WOMAN AT THE WELL
A Story of Miraculous Healing. See this video where Grace Center serves the masses through providing water and Hana, a young mom, shared her personal story of coming from death to life.