by Joy Casey It was a Monday when we visited a brand-new church plant nestled in the deep countryside of Ethiopia. We were astonished so many people came to the church to welcome us on a weekday. We couldn’t help but join the clapping to the beat of a drum and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
