Here we go!

Another year has gone by since I was in Ethiopia last. Many days and hours of preparation for what will lay ahead on yet another trip. To be honest... many tears and sleepless nights, and an aching heart all join with the very same heart that is full, so very full.

 Each time I go so much has has happened, many new steps have been taken and progress made. Bonds with the many churches are being formed, Women are stronger, Children learning and knowing Jesus, wells are being dug, new churches formed, and many new baptized in Jesus!

                        Love from across the globe... it changes lives.

My heart is leaping again as I lay all my own pretenses aside and wait upon the Lord. I know better now after so many trips to not expect what I think will happen, but to be expectant of much bigger.

This trip will yet again be, life changing, life altering... for us and those Jesus encounters. Yet this time seems, well unique. I am excited. I am nervous. I am all in!

A new Team of 11 women. They too are nervous, excited and probably a bit scared too. God is guiding. 

A Children's program... a Women's Retreat... a Pastors Conference... an open Campaign to the whole community and a prison visit! Wow... are we all over the place?

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. "For as the are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.…

I am so at peace as we walk into a Grand adventure as He is orchestrating every step and every detail. When I think of the magnitude of what God is doing in this town of Ethiopia and to think of all He has entrusted me with, it could make me crazy. But these very words of the Lords hold so true in my heart as I have tasted and seen, and tested the waters of my self verses, Him in me. He guides our every step. It's such a beautiful knowledge and a very different existence then we naturally care for. Giving it all up, laying it all down, giving up control... surrendering.

Here we go!

Itinerary

November 14^th Leave Minneapolis Arrive airport at 11:30 departure time is 1;30

Friday 15th Arrive Addis Ababa

Saturday 16th  Visit Steadfast Love

Sunday 17th   Attend Wedding

Monday 18th   Leave Hosanna

                 Sponsored Children 

                 Prison Ministry

Tuesday 19th   Sponsored Children -morning

                  Women’s Conference-afternoon

                  Visit Mekonan and Abibech

Thursday 21st  Women’s Conference  

                Sponsored Children 

Friday 22nd Leadership Conference 

Saturday 23^rd   Leadership Conference-morning

                Campaign-afternoon

Sunday 24th Campaign 

Monday 25^th  Leave Hosanna, for Airport

Tuesday 26^th Team Arrives home Marybeth stays in Hosanna to work with women and children.

Dec. 1st Marybeth leaves Hosanna! Flies to Germany to visit Anna and David Mansfield and family.

Dec. 4th Marybeth Arrives home.

                                         PLEASE BE IN PRAYER  

A note to our Sponsors!

I want to give a big thanks and a shout out to all our sponsored families. I have been so blessed by your e-mails asking if you could send a package again this year or that you were worried that you missed it. I am so honored and blessed by all of you who are truly loving these children.

What sweetness God has in store for the kids this year. First of all I wanted to let you know that possibly as we are in Hosanna or very soon after we are going to break ground on building our first well right outside the children's complex. WOW!! This is huge. God has blessed us to be able to do this and can not than Hosanna Church enough for their support and generosity towards this project. This will be the first of 5 wells we will be build. 2 more will go in next year and 2 the following. Praising God for His Provision for these kids and the surrounding community. 

Here is what we will be bringing and why we did  not need packages this year. We have had several organizations donate to all the kids. We just received 300 of the most adorable puppets handmade by ladies part of an non-profit organization called Puppets for Orphans. They handmade and prayed over each one. How precious. 

We also received crosses donated for the kids that were right from Olive Trees made in Israel. :)

The other item the kids will receive is a bracelet with the Amharic inscription saying. "I am blessed... I am a blessing." This will be the over all theme of our message to the kids. God loves you and has blessed us to go and be a blessing for those who need His love and blessing too.