First of all, our teams are coming together great for our summer expeditions and I am looking so forward to doing ministry with my brothers and sisters this summer in Ethiopia ad Ecuador! Please keep our preparations, fundraising and safety in your prayers. Our first fundraiser is this Sunday 2/27 at Bridges Church in Long Beach. We will be handing out hamburger boxed lunches for donations beginning at 10:30 am. Stop by!
Second, I went to my second E3 Partners World Conference "Until the Whole World Hears". It was so awesome! All of our ministry partners from around the world joined us in Plano, Texas to worship, pray for our countries, and to learn new Church Planting strategies. They rolled out a whole new line of resources now made available to us and there was a Film Festival! Our film on the Gamo Goffa region of Ethiopia won the award for best film! WOW! So fun! I spent the weekend with our international Ethiopian partners Yoseph and Ribca Menna and our Ecuadorian brother Diego Trujillo, along with all of my colleagues from E3. What a blessed experience!
Last, I have been so honored to be a part of finally adding our brother Samuel Olto in Ethiopia to the list of missionaries that Bridges Church supports! Samuel lives in Arba Minch, Ethiopia, up in the Gamo region that we do ministry to. He is a well educated man that has stayed behind in the Gamo region, taking a huge cut to what he could make financially because he feels called to minister to the Gamo people. His people. Samuel is going to be our contact in the Gamo region and will be instrumental in setting up the trips with me, and overseeing a great deal of the follow up that will take place when we leave. Please be praying for Samuel, his wife and 5 daughters. If you are interested in giving to Samuel or encouraging his family feel free to contact me.What an amazing few weeks I have had! I look forward to sharing even more with you as the expeditions get closer! Stay tuned!!!
