Home Stretch

Thank you all for your prayers while we are here in Ethiopia. We left Soddo yesterday after 6 days there of meeting great people and praying over the town and the hospital. We are all very encouraged about how God could use us in that community. We still have lots to pray about but it has been a very fruitful trip.

We have two more days here in Addis with a couple meetings scheduled. We are staying open to God's leading regarding the ministries here as well as Soddo.

And now we are laying in bed at the SIM guest house listening to the nightclub down the street blaring "Hey Macarena". Hey Ethiopia, 2004 called to say that song was terrible even then.

This picture is the view from Soddo Christian Hospital on the last day. For more pictures click in the photo up on the right of the page. Taylor has been updating that album.

A beautiful place to call home?

We have now spent 3 nights in Addis Ababa and are getting ready for bed on our first night in Soddo. We have so many stories to tell bit for now I will say that we are safe and healthy and being welcomed by everyone we meet. We would very much appreciate your continued support in prayer as we visit Ethiopia during this trip.

Pray for:
Continued unity for our team with lots of love and grace for each other.
For rest in the form of good sleep at night for everyone, especially Asa and Elias.
True discernment for the specifics of what our ministry in Ethiopia will look like.
Sweet times of prayer together.

This picture shows the beauty of the countryside on display on the drive from Addis Ababa to Soddo.

Thank you

We travel to Ethiopia today.  Thank you for all your prayers and support as we travel and pray overseas.  We cannot thank you all enough.  An excerpt from a book we read as a group, Serving as Senders today, illustrates our feelings:

"And how shall they preach unless they are sent? Romans 10:13-15.
Paul acknowledges that there are others besides those who go who mush be involved in this worldwide evanglization endeavor: Those who are serving as senders.
Those who go and those who serve as senders merge their callings and talents and giftings to form the cross-cultural outreach team.  All are equally important.   All are vitally involved in the fulfillment of the Great Commission.  All are dynamically integrated and moving toward the same goal.  And all are assured success, for those in God's work are on the winning team!

We leave October 12 for our 'Vision Trip' to Ethiopia to explore a future move for our families.  Sign up to 'follow' our blog to see our updates during our trip!