A Great First Day

Good Afternoon,

I'm sure you are anxious to hear how the team is doing. We apologize for the delay in posting. There is an issue with the satellite router that will hopefully get corrected soon. So this post is coming to you from Kelli Coblentz as I just spoke with Tim on the phone. Hopefully they'll get connected soon and you'll be able to hear directly from the team on some of their experiences.

The team is doing well and had a great first day sharing the Gospel. They are ministering in an area called Italia and are divided up into four teams of 5 N. Americans each. Each team is working in a different site along with 5-7 translators and disciple makers. Disciple makers are believers with the church we partner with and they are committed to following up with the new believers in the area.

Today was a great day for one team, in particular. They shared the Gospel with 114 people and 71 accepted Christ! Praise the Lord for opening up hearts to receive his message! The people in the region all of the teams are ministering are really open to the Gospel so we are hopeful that more will come to know the Lord.

There was also a lady along with her husband who said they were the local witch doctors. The lady told the team that she heard what they said, believed, accepted Christ and then she invited them to her house to pray for the evil spirits to leave. She also plans to join them tomorrow where they'll be evangelizing to hear more.

Please continue to pray for good heatlh of the team. They are all doing well but let's continue to lift them up.

Please also pray for team unity between the N. Americans and the Ethiopians. Thank the Lord for his provision of the translators and disciple makers that allow our group the ability to communicate and share the Good News.

Keep praying for opened hearts and for the people to be receptive to the Gospel. Continue to pray for boldness of the team as they share and that their words would be clear and that the Holy Spirit would move as they speak.


Thank you for checking in and for your continued prayers!