Easter Sunday

Dear Friends and Family,

This morning the team went to a church that was the biggest church in Ethiopia, with 10,000 people who attend. While they were there they had the opportunity to hear a choir from a Korean church that was visiting. The Korean church that the choir came from is the biggest church in the world. So in one service they were Christians from North America, Africa and East Asia...the 3 churches together represented close to 130,000 believers from across the world! What an awesome experience! Pastor Mike had an opportunity to share with he congregation, taking a moment to make a bald joke with the pastor there...saying that they had the same haircut.

After church Alex Seagraves had the opportunity to meet her sponsored child. Compassion transported this boy 3 hours (one way) to get him to meet her and the team. Some of our guys gave him some of their clothes. This young man, who is 14 years old but by size looks more around 11 years old, was able to share what it has meet to be sponsored and how appreciative he and his family are that gift. They were able to share lunch with him, which Pastor Mike said was one of the best meals they had had the whole trip.

In the evening they had a cultural dinner, do their team debrief, and relax and play some games. During their debrief they talked specifically about what they have experienced socially, physically, emotionally and spiritually and what they have learned and what they will take back to the States.

Tomorrow they will go to an orphanage that has 100-200 children, they do not have the specifics of what they will be doing but they are excited to see what God has in store for them.

They asked specifically for prayer for their last day of ministry and for safety as they leave tomorrow night to travel home.