I highlighted some mothers last month, in May, in honor of Mother’s Day. Two weeks ago I shared a little story about my father on Father’s Day. Before June is over, in two days, I want to highlight another father.

His name is Charles Mully/Mulli, or Mully for short. Sadly, he was abandoned/orphaned at age 6 in Africa. So then he spent his youth begging from door to door. Miraculously, he survived this rough childhood. At age 16, he went to a meeting and learned about Christ and committed his life to Him. Eventually he became employed as a driver. With that background, along with hard work and an entrepreneurial spirt, he came to own a transportation business, becoming a multimillionaire.

Along the way, he married and became a father of 8 children. After having 8 children he and his wife decided to dedicate their family life to caring for orphans. He sold his business so they could focus on rescuing the street children from the slums of Kenya. He and his wife, Esther, opened up their home to more and more orphans, eventually establishing places to house and educate all these children, in multiple cities in Africa. He has helped over 26,000 children! So astounding!

You can watch his story in movie form here or below. It’s amazing!

He has truly lived the scripture from the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ, Jacob 2:17-19:

“Think of your brethren like unto yourselves, and be familiar with all and free with your substance, that they may be rich like unto you. But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God. And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to do good—to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted.”

After he obtained riches, he used them to clothe, feed, liberate, and minister to the street children of Kenya. I applaud and admire him and and his wife for their selfless work. No wonder the Freedom Festival Foundation of Provo UT is awarding him with the Freedom Award at the Freedom Awards Gala this Wednesday. Tonight was the Patriotic Service for the Freedom Festival. I had to miss it because of a prior commitment, but two of my sons went to it to hear Dr. Hank Smith speak. They had a Mully sighting! He was sitting on the front row in his signature cowboy hat. I feel I have had a virtual brush with greatness! I’ve seen the documentary/movie and want to read all these books about him and his family now. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Mully for your selfless heroic work. What Christlike people, reflecting Christ’s light and love in such a dark troubled world! I hope we can all be more like Daddy Mully and Mommy Esther in our own ways.