by Joy Casey I am winding down my time in Ethiopia and have a few hours to myself to ponder all that God has done, is doing and wants to do going forward. Thoughts are spinning in my head as I recall the individuals God has called out of Is!am and what it has cost...
by Joy Casey We are on the road again heading out to the second church we want to visit. I especially wanted to go there because I brought a gift of an audio bible to the girl who received a wheelchair. Ever since meeting Safiya in December I have been praying for...
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...