Ministry and Family Update

Dear family and freinds, We greet you in the precious name of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ, who called us to serve him in this generation. It is our prayer that the Lord keeps you safe and under His mercy. The last three months for our family were unique, and we are enjoying God’s blessings and mercy. These are the highlights: Ebenezer, our second child, was promoted to grade two. Lydia, our daughter, was promoted to grade 5 with a high score. She stood out as a star student in the academic year at the school. Bethany, our third daughter, is growing healthy and improving her walking skills. We have celebrated our children’s birthdays. Lydia turned 10, Ebenezer turned 7, and Bethany turned 5.

Three Months Ministry Update God is moving with us amazingly as usual.  In the last three months through full-time staff and volunteers’ efforts under my leadership, we could achieve the following results   Prayer and fasting: Over 30,583 people mobilized and trained for prayer  Training: Over 39,861 people were trained for action, both for evangelism, discipleship, leadership, a healthy marriage, children, and church planting… Gospel Exposure: Over 889,889 people heard the gospel message, decision for Christ: decisions to follow Christ, follow-up engagement: 16,696 new believers follow up,  Planted churches and groups: 272 churches and groups with a membership of 4,947 new believers. Bible Study: 8,748 believers are engaged in weekly bible study within 972 groups.

Staff Achievement Annual Celebration:  Every three months, my leadership team evaluates each staff member’s progress with the objective of identifying things going well that need to be improved. In the six-month progress evaluation and monitoring, we sit with the staff and deal with their next improvement steps. Then every 12 months or yearly, we evaluate each staff member’s progress in detail, and at the end, we celebrate together, encourage the model achievers, and set improvement points. One-Year Achievement Summary July 2022 – June 2023       i.         Over 15,646 people mobilized for prayer and fasting.      ii.         Training = 126,493     iii.         Exposure = 2,157,735     iv.         Decision = 95,715      v.         Follow up = 46,960     vi.         Planted Churches = 724 with members of 15,716 new believers   vii.         Bible Study Group established = 1594 group with 21,054 believers  viii.         36 Evangelism groups established with about 2000 active members  We celebrated our achievements together in the last month with GCM 108 staff under my leadership in the presence of National strategy leaders, the Global VP (Dr. Bekele Shanko), the National Director (Dr. Girma Altaye), and StroryRnners Global Team. We have acknowledged the model staff, region, and strategies.

Prayer and Praise: Praise the Lord for the people who heard the good news, decided to follow Jesus, and planted churches.  Prayer: 1. Pray that the Lord gives us wisdom and knowledge. 2. We are hoping to move to Addis Ababa at the beginning of September, please keep praying for us.