She stands beside the family’s one bed, under a dangling light bulb. A well-fed one year-old sleeps beside her so she speaks in a near whisper. “What is your typical day like?” Micah asks. As the translator churns English into Amharic, the young mother in a red t-shirt hides her… Read More
Archive Tag: Ethiopia
Where They’ve Been
“They locked me up for preaching Jesus at the university…” “The jailers set us free because our prayers and preaching started a revival among the other prisoners and some of the guards…” “We each had one page of the bible. No one had all of it. We met as often… Read More
Sometimes Hate Wins (And It Should)
Some parents were tricked into giving up their children. Others were paid to do so. Those children were adopted by Americans and Europeans. Still other children were trafficked. Evil. Hateful. Ethiopia’s government wants it to end. Its Ministry of Women’s, Children’s and Youth Affairs has decided to reduce the number… Read More
News Of A Departure
He wore a whole new outfit the day we met in Ethiopia. New Spiderman underwear even. He folded over and tugged down on the waist band of his pants to show them to me. It was a little awkward. View Post
Christian Business: “Is This Contradiction?”
I spoke to a group of bright Christian business students at Texas A&M University on Saturday. I explained the core message of Jesus in the first session. And in the second session we talked about how the teaching of Jesus would affect their lives in business: I showed them pictures… Read More
She’s Always Standing There
There’s a little girl from Ethiopia who goes everywhere with me. View Post