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Tuesday Update- Our God is Mighty to Save

We had a great day of ministry! Our small team was in-between a Muslim and Christian area. After many conversations of Muslims refusing to profess faith out of fear, we walked into a Muslim woman’s yard. After sharing the gospel, she told us she could not profess faith if her husband was not present. We prayed for her and after felt discouraged. As we left her home, we just hoped we would run into her husband, but didn’t think that would be possible. BUT GOD in His perfect timing and sovereignty allowed for her husband to be walking home JUST as we were about to move along. Another member of our small team got to share the gospel with him. He and his wife are now considering what they’ve heard, got plugged in with Christians in the area. We even ran into a Christian neighbor who was so encouraged that this couple was receptive and encouraged the husband to “believe today!!”. We were so grateful for God’s grace and sovereignty to allow us to get to witness to them both and are praying t...
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Monday update- God is working in Muslim hearts

Bullet points from our 1 st  day of ministry: -         Walked to a local Christian church in a heavily dominated Muslim and Ethiopian Orthodox village to encourage local believers who were struggling from the intense persecution. -         As we walked we met Layla, a Muslim women. We shared the gospel with her and she believed in Jesus, but could not accept because her husband was a devout Muslim and she was afraid of the intense persecution she would experience. We prayed for her and that her husband would be open to hear the gospel.  -         Prayed over a Christian woman that her faith would be a witness to her unbelieving husband.  -         Many teams met resistance from Muslims who would acknowledge that the gospel was true, but they were afraid to accept Jesus at the risk of being kicked out by their family or killed. The de...
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Sunday Ethiopia Update- Team arrived & is health & safe

 Sorry for the delayed post but I didn't have wifi at the hotel Saturday night.  The team arrived in Addis Ababa healthy & safe.  All the bags arrived & everyone is excited to start our ministry Monday morning.  We had an 8 hour van ride today to our ministry site in Hosanna & met our Ethiopian partners & had an awesome worship service this evening preparing our hearts for what God has in store.   Please pray for: •        Ethiopian hearts would be receptive to the message of the Gospel 
 •        Unity between the North Americans and Ethiopian partners •        Continued good health for North Americans  •        Safety & good health for North American family members at home
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Ethiopia here we come - 2026 version

In a few short days (Friday, July 17th) the Ethiopia 2026 team will get on an airplane for the long flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Our mission will be to share how Jesus Christ has changed our lives & how much he loves the people of Ethiopia.  This trip is a partnership between Watermark Community Church Young adults & E3 Partners ministry.  The “journey” to Ethiopia started long before getting on the plane as we had our 1 st  training meeting in early February of this year so we have been praying & planning for this trip for 6 months.   Our training and preparation for Ethiopia has consisted of support raising (learning how to share the financial need in healthy ways), immunizations (shots) party and cultural awareness training, practice sharing the gospel, roleplaying sharing our testimonies, and giving a biblical defense for the gospel for common Orthodox and Muslim arguments. As I think about these summer trips, I can’t hel...
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Thursday update - Christ in the midst of addiction

What an awesome day of ministry.    Our small team drove outside of Hosanna & parked along the road & started conversations.    We had a lot of really good conversations early & several people say they believed the good news & accepted Christ.    I have been coming to Ethiopia since 2009 & I have never seen so much chat.    Chat is a plant that grows in Ethiopia & the locals chew it because it is a narcotic.    We had multiple people offer us chat (which we obviously refused).    We had a chance to go into one of the local houses & share our testimony of life change & the message of the gospel.    This local house is where locals go to buy chat & there were 5 or 6 men inside the house that were eating the chat & preparing it in bundles for sale.    They kept offering chat as I was sharing my testimony of my past drug & alcohol use.    One man said he beli...
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Wednesday update - Faithful God drawing hearts to him

Day 3 was full of joy, repentance, and acceptance of Jesus. The team was encouraged as we saw many Muslims accept the Gospel. Starting off the morning, our team shared the gospel and testimonies with a Muslim family. After a long beautiful conversation, they all decided to put their faith in Christ. PRAISE THE LORD! Another highlight of our day, we came across a compound with a Muslim family working in the yard. They welcomed us with a place to sit and open ears. They were intrigued & wanted to know why North Americans would come all the way to Ethiopia to talk with them    After hearing the Gospel, he boldly said he accepted this message and asked for prayers to confidently share with his daughters, sons, and wife.  To leave you with an encouraging story - we were wrapping up the end of the day, resting on a porch on the main road. A man suddenly approached us, looking physically disheveled and mentally broken - an obvious social outcast. We were hesitant to engage b...
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Tuesday Update - Answered prayer & open hearts to the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Day 2 was hard but also encouraging as small team 2 kind of had a hard morning but awesome afternoon.    This morning we started out by driving outside of town into the countryside to a more rural village.    We got out of the van with our translators & disciple-makers & walked the dirt roads looking for a person of peace (described as a person who shows open-ness to us & our gospel message).    The receptiveness of the people was quite different from yesterday as the villagers were kind & smiled at us but when we started to engage them they were not very receptive.    It is clear that the Muslim leadership of the village told the people overnight that we were in the area & warned them not to talk with us.    It was a little disheartening but our spirits were not dampened as we see our responsibility as planting seeds of gospel truth & God’s responsibility to change people’s hearts.    We switched to a d...
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