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Changing our Mission Agency: Joining Global Outreach

We are excited to announce that this past week we became official missionaries with Global Outreach. You may have noticed our FB posts about our long road trip to Nashville, Mississippi, and Texas. Well, the primary goal was to complete a candidate week with Global called Missionary Orientation Training. It was a wonderful time of […]

Christmas in Egypt

Our visas expired just before Christmas. So we had to leave the country and re-enter. Egypt happened to be the cheapest tickets. It was magnificent!! The word of the trip was EPIC! Egypt is amazing in so many ways. And it’s real. There is beauty and 5,000-year-old ruins every where you turn. The history and […]

Bibliography for Ethiopia

This is a collection of books and movies about Ethiopia. This is not an affiliate store, just links. Culture: Ethiopia – Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Self-explanatory. It’s a culture book by a publisher that makes these for almost every country. These books are good to have on hand and peruse […]

Playhouse & Swing Set Complete!

The moment I arrived at our new house I began plotting a play house and swing set for the kids. We only had a tiny yard and it was pretty unusable. Well, Ejerso and I went and bnought lumber and started building away! After about a month, it was complete! Check it out…

The Founding of Ascribe & Declare of Ethiopia

THE FOUNDERS, BOARD, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS OF ASCRIBE & DECLARE OF ETHIOPIA The excitement was tangible. More than 20 Ethiopians from Addis, Ambo, and surrounding areas gathered in our house for the launch of Ascribe & Declare of Ethiopia and to join the mission. So, October 24th, 2024 became a kind of landmark day in […]

MOT: Missionary Orientation and Training

Last week, we had a blast at the Global Outreach headquarters in Tupelo, MS. You may have noticed our FB posts about our long road trip to Nashville, Mississippi, and Texas. Well, the primary goal was to complete a candidate week with Global called Missionary Orientation Training. It was a wonderful time of meeting the […]

A Treacherous Journey

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 […]