Building Churches – Not Easy

Building Churches – Not Easy

We know that bringing the Gospel of Jesus to hardcore Mus!im areas comes with risk. The 37 indigenous NLE missionaries working among 3 distinct tribal peoples (2 unreached* and 1 minimally reached**) are, of course, on the front lines and initially take the brunt of...
God Rescues the One

God Rescues the One

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...
Come and See – Day 2!

Come and See – Day 2!

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...
Food And Education Open Doors

Food And Education Open Doors

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

A Church And A Mosque

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...
A Country Church – Ethiopian Style

A Country Church – Ethiopian Style

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...