Three chairs sat empty on the first day of teaching. Three of our Ambo students called Pastor Fikadu to say they would be a day late. They asked that we pray for their protection. Their normal journey consisted of 12 hours walking through the bush and over mountains. Then public transportation (also dangerous) carries them...
I’m starting a collection of books I consider important for a biblical understanding of missions: its theology, motivation, task, and goal. I don’t agree with every word said in all these books, but together they will give you a robust and biblical understanding of global missions. This is not an affiliate store. Just book recommendations....
As the worship leader at my church each year I look for new songs for the congregation to sing on Orphan Sunday. Over the years I have collected several songs that we sing or use in some way. Here is a helpful list of worship songs, hymns, and Psalms that I’ve compiled over the past...
“You would love it here,” Mat said to me on our evening phone call. He had been teaching in Hawassa for two weeks now and was standing on the balcony overlooking the busy night streets. “Hmm. Ok.” I answered coldly thinking, Yeah…probably not. He knew I really wouldn’t love it. Been there. Done that. Hardest time of...
Friends, Leaving Ethiopia is getting harder and harder. The poverty is striking. As you walk the streets the orphans and widows crowd in with open hands. The need is truly overwhelming. I’m not used to that. In Tanzania, there are plenty of orphans, but they are usually absorbed into their extended families or sent to...
