Blog - NewLife Ethiopia

Can You Believe It?

Dec 12, 2022

by Joy Casey on Dec. 8 It is so nice to be able to have face-to-face time with our Ethiopian staff and not rely on phone connections and emails to discuss things. Fessessework and I had a long time with Mikiyas, our Children’s Director, and Abebe, our Country...

Food And Education Open Doors

Dec 8, 2022

by Joy Casey on Dec. 6 We left an hour after sunrise this morning, heading to two church plants I have been following with pictures and reports but have never actually seen. Riding through the town on our way out, we pass women starting cooking fires and sweepers...

A Church And A Mosque

Dec 7, 2022

by Joy Casey on Dec. 5 We are headed into the heart of an unreached people group. We passed many mosques -- all sizes and shapes -- shrouded women and men wearing the distinctive hats of this tribe. It sobered me to think that 99% of these precious people are...

A Country Church – Ethiopian Style

Dec 6, 2022

by Joy Casey on Dec. 4 I have butterflies in my stomach, and it is not because of the food or anything else organic. We are on our way to a village Jason and I visited three years ago – a village without a church and very few Christ-followers. Since then, the church...

Penetrating A Culture

Dec 5, 2022

by Joy Casey on Dec. 3 Prayer boring? Not so! Jason, Jeff, Fessessework, Abebe and I walked into a room filled with 16 of our missionaries on their knees deep in prayer. We quietly took our place alongside them. Spending three hours in prayer on a Saturday morning...

A Cornstalk Church

Dec 3, 2022

by Joy Casey on Dec. 2 How I wish you could have been with us today! I know when you hear my stories you will understand what I mean, but I have to admit that getting to the church we visited was an ordeal. Even though we were in a four-wheel-drive, the craters in...