Watermark in Africa

 It is early Friday morning here in Ethiopia (8 hours ahead of Dallas) & today the team heads back to Addis Ababa.  We will spend most of the day driving & then tonight start our Re-Entry training & have a good dinner.  Saturday will be spent having a couple good meals, doing a little shopping, complete Re-Entry training & then head to the airport.  Thanks for checking in & for your prayers for the team.  The team physically is tired & a little run down.  There were a couple people yesterday who didn't feel 100% but nothing that some rest won't fix.  Please continue to pray for: *  safety for the team as we travel the Ethiopian highways  *  continued unity as we serve & say good bye to our Ethiopian partners  *  new believers would stand strong under the persecution  *  North American team would make it back to Dallas safe with all our luggage  Below is a story from earlier in the week that I was not able to get on the blog.   Today was a great 1 st

Day three on the mission field started unlike other days with all four teams being able to meet together in a church to sing and dance with our fellow Ethiopian brothers and sisters and pray for the Lord to guide our steps. From there our team did not load back into the bus, instead we walked to a nearby village where we got to share the gospel with a few Ethiopian Orthodox & even met some Christians & got to pray with them.    Overall this was a very sweet time for our team as yesterday was an emotionally and spiritually heavy day for us. But after lunch we decided to head into the nearby market to speak to people from other villages who gather to buy & sell. Leading up to this I was having a rough day and was being bombarded with insecurities and lies all day that I could not shake for some reason. However, once we got to the market that all began to change as I got to interact and play with some of the children that came up to us. While Brady was sharing, an Ethiopian ma

Today, God moved in a powerful way. First, God’s Word alone is powerful and sufficient. Second, it only takes one small act of faith for others to follow and believe. My group and I were walking on the mountainside in a village. We came along a group of men, the guys began to share the gospel with them. I was lingering in the back and noticed a group of women and children (around 20 or so). I was with translator Abburah. I started sharing the evange-cube with these women and children which is a cube that tells a picture story of God’s redemptive love. As I explained the free gift of salvation through Christ alone I told them that we have a choice to either accept or reject this free gift.    If they accept the free gift of salvation through Christ that they can be forgiven, saved, and have eternal life. If they reject this free gift, they would suffer for eternity separated from God. I told them that I had accepted this free gift and that I had an assurance of salvation & a peace t