Our Founder

Hello, my name is Staci Austin. I’m the founder of Rory and Sully. Rory and Sully was first visualized when I was a little girl in Farmington, New Mexico. My childhood friend Ellyn and I made a drawing of an orphanage we were one day going to open. We always believed our orphanage would be in the United States, but God had other plans.

I made my first trip to Kenya on Christmas Day 2020. What I saw was overwhelming. There are over 3.5 million orphans in Nairobi alone. Twenty percent of them won’t make it to five years old. While I was there I met Pastor Eric. He took me on a tour of the local village and surrounding area. The next place I saw took my breath away. Pastor Eric owns a piece of property he was proudly showing me. The property was identical to what Ellyn and I had drawn decades ago. I knew in my heart that this is where God wants me to be.

Since my first trip, I have been back to Kenya regularly to do the necessary paperwork, open the orphanage, and then go retrieve the kids. There have been some frightening situations for me personally, but God has strengthened my faith through it all. He is good…