Ethiopa Year In Review – January 2014 – Samson Weldemariam – Country Director

By the grace of God and your faithful partnerships we have had a fruitful and effective year here in Ethiopia.

Below are some highlights:

• Our churches leadership and missionary team has grown and developed significantly.
• We have trained hundreds of ministers in our Bridges seminars and Sanctity of human life trainings.
• Many abused teenage girls have been re-habllitated in various ways.
• Thousands of people have committed their lives to Christ and are growing in their new relationships with Him. Read more

Ethiopa Update – November 2013 – Samson Weldemariam – Country Director

“… The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.” (Matthew 4:16)

The song says, “A baby changes everything” which is a true statement. When a baby comes our home life is never the same and because of that young life the world is different. We all have been witness to a baby being born to a young couple or even adopted by a couple and the entirety of their existence was markedly changed by that one little life. It was into a world of darkness that the Christ child came. He came to bring light to the darkness and hope to the world.

The same thing is happening in our region. Through the preaching of the Gospel many people are coming to Christ and get hope and fulfillment in their life. I am always amazed by God how He transforms life.

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Ethiopa Update – September 2013 – Samson Weldemariam – Country Director

God is still faithful in His promises and helping us in many ways to minster to our communities. Below is some of the things that we have accomplished in the last months.

I. Key Leaders training on strategic planning

I have conducted training on the issue of strategic planning in Nazareth town a week ago. About 15 key leaders have attended this training and it was so good. Like I said repeatedly God is moving in special way and many people are coming to Christ including from Muslims background. So, the leaders should lead this movement strategically in order to transform our community and our nation at large.

Based on that the leaders in the town come together and take this training so that they will able to plan strategically to accelerate the work of God in our region.

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Ethiopa Update – July 2013 – Samson Weldemariam – Country Director

“Your people will rebuilt the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will called Repair of the broken Walls, Restorer of streets with dwellings.” (Isaiah 58:12)

This is the word that the Lord puts in my heart to encourage you .We thank God for his high calling and He has called us to become Restorers and Repairers of the broken. I would like to thank all of you for engaging in to this high calling according to your gifts, talents and the resources you have.

In this article I am going to share with you some of the things that God has done though us to transform the lives of many according to His promises…

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Ethiopa Update – May 2013

We are still laboring in his mission field by His grace. We have seen God’s tremendous work and His faithfulness even in the past month. I just want to share with you few reports among many activities in our region.

I. Distribution of Bibles.

We have donated Bibles for more than 150 new believers and young people. Most of them had not get the chance to read Bibles before. And they rejoiced a lot when they received their own copy in their own language.

They are rejoycing while they have recieved the copy of their Bibles

For us the month of January was the month of refreshment and encouragement. We as a team of master trainers we have handed over what we have planned for the year 2013 to God. We have also conducted a couple of trainings on leadership development.

I. Master trainers meeting and encouragement program.

We had a good time of encouragement with our master trainers January 16 & 26/2013. The aim of the meeting was to encourage one other, to discuss on our challenges and to pray together to hand over all our plans to God as a team.

Pastor,Dr. Bezalem was sharing with us the word of God on the title of how we move from good to great team . He shared with us some principles how we become a great team.

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Ethiopia Report – July 2012

Many people have agreed that the secret behind the continuation of the movement of Jesus is the right strategy he used. He called the disciples, taught, equipped & empowered them so that they wouldbe able to do what God has called them to do. Paul also used the same principle that was selecting the faithful believers and taught them the sound teachings of scriptures so that they will also be able to teach others. (2Tim 2: 2)

We, as Unite 4 Africa team here in Ethiopia, have been also using the same principle that was used by Jesus and the apostles. The harvest in our area is so reap and plenty and can’t be completed by few people only. That’s why we commit ourselves to train lay people as much as we can and send them to the harvest.

In the month of June we have conducted various trainings in our region. But, because of time and space I would like to share only two training events with you.

One was held in town called Asebeteferi and the other one was in Amaressa.

1. Leadership and Bridges training in Assebeteferi

Assebeteferi is the capital town of the Western Hararge zone. This zone consists of 16 districts and nearly 2million people reside. 98% of the people in this zone are Muslims.

We have conducted leadership and bridges training in this strategic region from 19th to 22th of June/ 2012. The focus of the leadership training was to motivate them to become visionary leaders for their own community. And the focus of the bridges training was to show them how it is important to plant a church which is very contextual to the community they are serving.

132 leaders from 16 districts participated in the training. Most of them are from Muslim background.

2. Outreach and Gospel Campaign in Amaressa

The town Amaressa is found in Harari Region. 97.9% of the population in the Region is Muslim. We conducted a gospel campaign from 27th to 29th of June/2012. 22 people accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviorand13 of them came from Muslim family.

Story

Fatima is one of the new converts on that campaign. She is 24 years old and lives with her Mom. She came from the Muslim family. I experienced God and the love of Jesus has touched my heart while I was listening the Word of God and have decided to accept Jesus as my personal savior said Fatima after her conversion. But, she is scared because her uncle and older brothers are extreme Muslims and do not like her to be a Christian. So, she asked us a prayer request may God strengthen her in her faith in Christ.

Conclusion

God is always faithful to His words and promises. He has opened the door of salvation for Muslims in our country. I think this is a huge opportunity for us. So, we need to work together in our God – given time. I would also like to say thank all of you for your prayer and Support. Here under is our prayer request from our country Ethiopia.

• Pray for the upcoming two training events that will be held in Jinka and Assosa areas in this month.
• Pray for Fatima to be stand firm in her faith through all this challenges and hardships.

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