Last Week

Well we have had a great and exciting week here in Addis Ababa. God has really saved the best for last! We spent this last week in two different prisons, a few hours outside of the city. At each prison we were were able to share a drama, testimony and preaching. It was truly amazing to see how God is moving in these people. The people are very eager to hear the word of God and to spend time in worship.

The last prison that we went to was in a town called Ambo. Here there were about 2000 prisoners held. Some for short periods of time and others for life. The first day that we walked into the church inside the prison you could immediately sense the presence of God. The worship was amazing. We did our program and preached on the love of God. After the service about 6 people gave their lives to God and another dozen rededicated their lives. it was so great! After we prayed for these people we asked if anyone needed prayer. The response was overwhelming. Almost everyone in the room (about 500) raised their hands. We began to pray for these people and the presence of God began to minister to each one. It was impossible for us to truly minister to these people because of the number of people as well as the language barriers, but the holy spirit that was in the room reached every single person. It was amazing to see the reverence for God that was in that room.

Needless to say we were very excited to return the next day to see what God had planned. And again it was an amazing day. In the first service we again did our program and preached on Discipleship, we were able to take time again to pray for those who needed, Gods presence was so strong! The worship was indescribable. After some time a prisoner got up at the front and began to share with us how he could not understand why we had come, why we would take time to speak to the prisoners. He said that he began to pray about it and ask God. He then began to give each one of us a word from God, things that were so personal for each one of us. The service ran over an our and a half late, but none of us wanted to leave. We left for about an hour lunch break and returned for the second service. Again the worship was so amazing. I took a moment to look around at the faces of the prisoners as we worshiped. The joy that was on thier face was overwhelming- you could truly see the joy of the Lord pouring out of each one- in prison.

One thing that we all realized is that it was us that went to minister to these prisoners- but being in that place and receiving from these prisoners, they were ministering to us. God was in that place- stronger than i had ever felt before. It was an experience that we all will never forget.

We will be flying from Addis Ababa back to Germany early on Monday morning. Please pray for safe travels and a smooth transition back into the Western Culture.

Thank You and God Bless!

Week 9

Well it has been a busy past few weeks. We only have one week left here in Ethiopia, but these last few weeks seem to be the busiest. We have now completed the sports field, painted the lines on the concrete and hung the basket ball nets. The kids from the school as well as the neighborhood are really enjoying to have a place to play. We spent a week working with Youth for Christ. It was a great opportunity for us to put out teaching skills to practice and to be able to share what we learned through out the lecture phase of the school. There were about 15 students in the class as well as about 25 in the English class. We also did some dramas, testimony and played some games with the kids.

Teaching English at Youth for Christ

Hanging out with the kids

Playing games in the courtyard

Listening to a teaching

Week 8

At the end of last week we spent one afternoon in a Prison about 1 hour from the city. Here we had a chance to do a drama, share a testimony, and preach to about 60 people. Three people gave their lives to God! It was a great opportunity.

On Saturday we prepared hamburgers and had a barbecue to feed about 70 street kids. It was a really great day of hanging out and playing games with the kids. We were able to use the sports field as our base, it was great to have the space and somewhere to play for the kids. We were able to share a drama with the kids and do a short testimony. The kids here are so full of life, it is amazing how a simple hamburger and a few games can really impact them.

This next week we will be spending in the Prisons. We will be traveling a few hours everyday. At the prisons we will be doing dramas, sharing testimonies and preaching twice a day. This will be a great chance for us to share Gods word and heart with the people.

Please pray for us this next and finally week here in Ethiopia. Pray for safe travels, and please pray for those who we are sharing Gods word with- that there can be healings in peoples lives.

God Bless!

Week 7

Well we have made it through another week of building the sports field. We are almost complete the whole project. Thank you to all of those who donated to help us complete this project, you have been such a blessing to these kids here. We only have about one day left to paint the lines on the field and to place the goals and then we are finished. We are anxiously looking forward to the day that we can play a few games with the kids are the school, maybe sometime next week.

Please continue to pray for us and God Bless!


Jetzt haben wir wieder eine Woche am Bau des Sportfeldes geschafft. Wir haben das Projekt fast abgeschlossen. Vielen Dank an alle, die mit ihrem Geld geholfen haben, dass wir dieses Projekt durchführen können – ihr seid so ein Segen für die Kids hier. Wir brauchen nur noch einen Tag, um die Markierungen auf das Sportfeld zu zeichnen und die Tore anzubringen und dann sind wir fertig. Wir freuen uns schon darauf, ein paar Spiele mit den Schulkindern spielen zu können... vielleicht nächste Woche.

Bitte betet weiter für uns und Gott segne euch!

Mixing concrete...

...by hand

One layer

Another layer

Almost finished