Detroit Tigers pitcher Matthew Boyd is no longer trying to save just one house with 36 girls, who have been saved from sex slavery in Uganda.

Because more children are at risk.

And sees an opportunity to help more kids.

Boyd and his wife, Ashley, have agreed to take over responsibility of two more houses filled with children in Uganda, and the opportunity for a third home popped up last week.

“We have been blessed with the opportunity to take on more children now,” Ashley said on Sunday night. “There is a girls home and a boys home."

The two new homes have a total of 58 children (16 boys and 42 girls), which will bring their total up to 94 children.

“The third one, I just found out about this week,” Ashley said.

The third new home has 49 children, although that is still in the discussion stages.

“Same general area in Uganda," Ashley said. "Four total. It’s daunting. It feels like it’s happening at once and it’s so fast. But God has provided so much, so far, who are we to stop it?”

A few hours after the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon with a walk-off victory, Matthew Boyd was wearing street clothes and sharing his faith and vision at Reedemer Church in Waterford. About 60 people sat in the church — some wearing Tigers jerseys.

“To get the ball rolling, Redeemer Church wants to present you with this check for $6,000 for the new home fund,” Pastor Paul Edwards said, holding an oversized check.

The money was raised through the church’s Easter missions offering.

“Thank you guys,” Boyd said, clapping. “Thank you so much. That is so generous.”

Edwards also announced that Redeemer Church is going to sponsor one of the boys or girls. And it was surreal, to take it all in.

Here is a Major League pitcher, having a career season, on the eve of his off day, and he was trying to raise money and awareness to end sex trafficking in Uganda, while talking about his charity, Kingdom Home.

Boyd told the congregation how they could support a child through monthly payments — there was a sign-up table at the back of the church. And he also talked about a May 20 fundraiser at TopGolf in Auburn Hills, and several players are scheduled to appear.

Boyd held a similar event during spring training in Florida and half the team showed up.

One of his teammates threw down a five-figure check, bringing the total amount raised to $75,000, which was exactly the same figure the Boyds needed to buy land.

Yes, they see that as a sign of a higher power at work here.

Now, they are trying to raise money to build houses for the children.

“I was at the TopGolf event in Tampa,” Edwards told his congregation. “Let me encourage you to go.”

There is a time crunch to get a home built because they are currently renting.

“We have been warned by the Ministry of Health that we need to move to a larger facility, which we knew," Ashley said. "It didn’t come as a surprise to us. But now, the clock is ticking.”

In the midst of his growing charity work, as the responsibilities grow and morph, Boyd is having an incredible season. He has the 11th lowest WHIP (0.99) in the big leagues; he is tied for the fifth-most strikeouts (57) and tied for the 13th most innings (44.1).

He has been so good that there is some uncertainty about his long-term future with the Tigers.

There is talk that he could be traded in the future.

“Would the Tigers trade Matthew Boyd?” wrote Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. “Of course they would — but preferably for a specific target, according to major-league sources: A premium young hitter who would complement the young pitchers rising through their system.”

He will remain under team control for three more years through salary arbitration, so the Tigers can wait to get the best prospect possible.

But that topic seemed trivial, in the big picture, when Matthew Boyd started talking about trying to build a home in Uganda, trying to save lives.

“It’s a little hard to buy land over there,” he told the congregation. “I truly believe we will be able to do it, after this (TopGolf) event.”

Edwards told his congregation that there would be no autograph signing after the service.

Instead, it was something more personal.

Boyd stood at the front of the church, having genuine conversations with fans and posing for pictures, as other members of the congregation waited in line at the back of the church, signing up to sponsor children.

The Boyds' daughter, Meira, played on the carpet steps, and Matt bent down, to make sure she was safe.

It was pretty inspiring, to tell you the truth, for them to be in this place, and all of these children needing help, with all of this momentum building and another fundraiser on the horizon, like it was all just meant to be.

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