The week was extremely blessed in many ways; for the team as a whole, for the Christians of Ethiopia, for each of us individually, and for our congregations and the school. Our prayer is that you also have been or will be blessed by this mission effort.
We are all extremely tired from 24 hours of travel so details of the many blessings will have to be written and posted later this week.
Here are just a few highlights:
- We were successful in establishing a relationship between Concordia Elementary School and the Mekane Yesus School in Addis Ababa.
- We were able to provide funds for important projects at the Heber government-run school and spent a wonderful afternoon with the 2,000 students, watching several sporting events set p for our enjoyment.
- We spent a day meeting administrators and patients and feasted on goat and bread at the Gefersa mental health facility, where the government has invested some $3 million in improvements to the facility since Concordia's Mission Ethiopia 2006 team first visited the facility.
- The workshop for Christian Ethiopian pastors and evangelists who are reaching out to Muslim populations throughout the country was well received by participants. Many stories of God's work in the face of adversity were told at the conference.
Other important details (and photos) are hidden behind a drowsy fog at this point, but will emerge later this week as the team recovers from travel to recount their experiences.
As soon as we are able to schedule a presentation of our trip, the time and date will be posted here as well.
Thank you to all who have prayed over this effort and provided support in one way or another. We know that even though we are now home and the week is over, the real fruit of our labor now begins. Everyone on the team will use our experiences and spiritual awakenings in our daily walk to further engage people with Jesus.
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