Ethiopia here we come.... Again

In a few short days (Friday, July 15th) the 1st Ethiopia 2022 team will get on an airplane for the long flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia going to share how Jesus Christ has changed our lives. This will be the 1st Ethiopia trip for Watermark/E3 Partners since 2019 & we dearly miss our Ethiopian partners in ministry.  The “journey” to Ethiopia started with our 1st training in March of this year.  

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 with the evangecube, roleplaying sharing our testimonies, and giving biblical defense for the gospel for common Orthodox and Muslim arguments.

As I think about these next week 2 weeks, I can’t help but think about the people who will hear about God’s saving grace for the 1st time. Pray that God will move in people’s hearts, not just the Ethiopians, but also the North Americans. This is a unique opportunity to “unplug” for a week and think about what is most important, how much God loves us, and the opportunity to share that love with others. The team is together all week as they get up early and eat breakfast together, share a devotion together of what God is teaching them, load up in vans and share Christ with Ethiopian brothers and sisters, come back to hotel and share meal together, share evening debrief time where they sing, pray and talk about all that God did during the day, and then collapse from exhaustion.

Check back regularly for prayer requests and stories from the mission field. 

 

Please pray that:

•      entire team would get negative covid tests which are required to get on the airplane

•      flights would be on time and connections would go well


•      luggage would make it to Addis Ababa on time


•      Ethiopian hearts would be receptive to the message of the Gospel


•      Unity between the North Americans and Ethiopian partners

•      Safety & health for North American family members at home


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