“The gospels are consciously telling the story of how God’s one time action in Jesus the Messiah ushered in a new world order within which a new way of life was not only made possible but mandatory for Jesus’ followers.” – NT Wright Yesterday we visited Mission Ethiopia: Great Hope Church in Korah. The abject […]
Words cannot explain how blessed I am to be where I am right now. Ethiopia is an incredible country and it still hasn’t hit me that I’m actually in Africa. The end of day two has been such a eye opening time for me. Since we left Montgomery we were told to be flexible and […]
Just prior to leaving for Ethiopia, I went with a friend to see “The Amazing Spiderman,” the reboot of the famous comic book series. As you may well know, the premise of “The Amazing Spiderman” is the emergence of a masked vigilante who seeks to fight crime and protect the innocent civilians of New York […]
“God was at work among them, and they all realized that they were in a place of holy mystery“(luke 7:16). There was a wedding today (a complete surprise to us!) at the church we went to in Yetebon. It is amazing to me that these people, this couple, would have us at their wedding on […]
Yesterday was a wonderful experience. For someone who hasn’t been out of the country in 25 years, it was just an eye-opening, crazy, amazing ride through the city of Addis and the countryside on the way to Yetebon. It was beautiful to see the children running alongside our van and waving and shouting. When we […]