January 3 – 7, 2012 (Day 9 – Day 13)
So week two of Ethiopia. On Monday we rested and on Tuesday (Day 9) we all met back at the compound. We started with breakfast and a prayer walk around the area. We walked in a giant circle and were asking God what he wanted us to pray for when we got back. When we got back, though, Klaus and Ruth were ready for us to help them setting up for their Christmas party next day. Some people wrapped presents while others helped get the canopy up. Everyone helped blow up all of the balloons to string them together. We also had to move a tent-metal-thing to the front. When we finished off the day, we talked about the prayer walk and prayed over specific things.
On Wednesday (Day 10), we started the day by prayed and practicing what we were going to perform for the program. The program started an hour late (to be expected, as we have all learned) and the project kids performed a short drama on the Christmas story. Afterwards, our team performed our Amharic song that we learned, the chair skit and performed another song that Taryn made specifically for Ethiopia Arise. It went along with the ‘boom-snap-clap’ that most people were learning at the DTS lecture phase. Then, Klaus and Ruth gave out all of the presents that had been donated by their church back in Germany. For lunch, we had a traditional Ethiopian meal. It was a flat-like pancake and we dipped it into spicy curry meat dishes. The kids then all got very hyper after drinking a whole thing of soda by themselves and began asking all of the team members to take down all of the balloons for them and untie them so the kids could blow them up again. We had to take everything down after the kids left and ended the day early.
On Thursday (Day 11), we had intercession all day. Kaitlin and Rebecca were sick and were in the container but everyone else was praying for the nation of Ethiopia all day.
On Friday (Day 12), we had a prayer walk around the centre of Addis Ababa. Girum led us around and we were able to talk to quite a few people about Jesus. Immaculee talked to some car washers and bought them some bananas and the team talked to another older man who was a Christian and prayed for him and his wife. He gave us a map of Africa as a gift and we bought him a chicken. After lunch, we were meant to go to a museum about Ethiopia but it was closed. Most of us went to the market while Laura and Richard stayed at Girum’s church to rest. Most of us bought scarves but Peter bought an Ethiopian hat of the national colours which makes him stand out as a tourist even more so. We then went to Girum’s church and stayed for the Christmas Eve service. The service was in Amharic so we didn’t understand any of it, but most of the pastors had spoken, different choirs sung, and the children and youth had several presentations. We left after two hours because the taxi was waiting but we were all okay with that. Apparently the service wasn’t even half over and the head pastor hadn’t spoken yet. That whole day, Rebecca was still sick so Ashley stayed back with her.
On Saturday (Day 13), it was the Ethiopian’s Christmas. We found out that we had been invited by a Pentecostal church in the city to come do the service. We prayed about it and Ashley, Sarah and Taryn will share testimonies and Richard will bring the message. Taryn and Bianca will play the guitar and keyboard for worship. The morning was spent preparing for that. After lunch, we had intercession for Ethiopia Arise and Klaus and Ruth. Rebecca was still sick so please be praying for her.
Farewell, Immaculee’s Babies
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