Ethiopia Update – September 2020

Donation of a Motorbike

The movement of Evangelism and Church planting in our region is growing very fast like never before. Even in this pandemic time; God is turning the heart of the people back to Him. As a result of the care, support and Love that we have shown even to the non believers who are in desperate need; many people are coming to Christ through our relief work.

However, it is not easy for our missionaries and leaders to minister to their people specially in this difficult time due to the travel restrictions and the risk of contracting the virus as some of them travelling by public transport. To reduce the risk and help them to do their ministry effectively; we have started providing Motorbike to our leaders.

Shuferu Bedada is one of our regional coordinators and missionaries who are serving around Boffa area. Now, he has become one of the beneficiaries of getting Motorbike. He was so exited and said on the receiving ceremony time that this is really a blessing from God; he thanked God and our partners for this support. He also added that he is responsible to minister and visit more than 50 local churches in various locations and villages; it was so difficult for him to reach out all those village churches. Most of the time he walked by foot and took him 2 to 3 hours to get from one village to another. But this Motorbike will help him to reach many more villages easier.

 Shuferu Bedada with his Motorbike

Continue visiting our local churches in various towns and villages.

We have continued visiting our local churches even in this past month. We give priority to visit those local churches who are being affected by Covid–19 Pandemic significantly. So far, we have visited more than 25 churches and saw them in what situation they are in. We have seen the challenges they have been passing though and encouraged them and prayed over them.

They were so encouraged by our visit and they said that they have got more energy to press on in the works of the kingdom of God. After our visit we have responded to some of their needs by the support we have got from our Unite 4 Africa head office in USA. We thank God for our leader Rev. Dr. Okongo and his wife Shyla for standing alongside with us in this difficult time as family.

Visiting our leaders and praying together

Conclusion

I would like to share our prayer request with you to pray about:

• Pray for our leaders, regional coordinators and local missionaries that God would continue to bless them with more Bicycle and Motorbike so that they would serve and reach out to more communities easily. Especially in this time of Pandemic.
• To continue praying for the safety and protection of our leaders and their families during this crisis and pandemic.
• To continue praying for the most vulnerable communities that are being affected by the impact of the Pandemic and may God would enable us to continue helping more communities and people during this challenging time.

Samson W. /Pst/
Vice – President of U4A and Ethiopia Director