now wot?

the first team meeting for Faith Chapel's Ethiopian mission's trip was great fun. we have an impressive lineup of people who are willing to "get out of their boats" and get into the boats of children who are suffering halfway around the world.

i am so humbled to get to serve along with this team. together, we will get to weep with those who weep...

this blog was created so that it can be a forum for your questions pertaining to anything having remotely to do with Ethiopia, the kids, or the trip.

if you have questions, ASK THEM because chances are, other people have the same questions!

to sum up, before the next meeting please work on the basic Amharic phrases. also journal up to page 44. most importantly, be praying for God to break your heart over what breaks His.

Bonnie, i think you are so right when you said that this trip will be vastly different than your previous missions. but, oh it will be so good to have our hearts broken.

one thing i was supposed to cover in this meeting, but we ran out of time is an "optional yet highly recommended/encouraged" reading list. these books will help you specifically with the type of ministry you will be experiencing in Ethiopia--pertaining to HIV/AIDS and orphans.
three books (2 of which are short reads):

"Red Letters: Living a Faith That Bleeds" by Tom Davis
"Fields of the Fatherless" by Tom Davis
"There is No Me Without You" by Melissa Faye Greene

ok, now it is your turn: leave your comments AND questions. we will try to answer all questions and if some of you have answers, leave your answers in the comment section as well...


"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and keep oneself from being polluted by the world." james 1:27