One of the great joys of the trip was to get to know the World Orphans staff in Ethiopia. These are the folks on the ground, on the frontlines of home based care. They equip churches to minister families to keep kids in families and out of orphanages. They are case workers and economic empowerment directors. They do phenomenal work.
We had 4 objectives for this trip:
1. To encourage the in-country World Orphans staff in their work with local churches in home based care.
2. To encourage the in-country churches who are on the front lines of home based care.
3. To celebrate the graduates of the economic empowerment program.
4. To establish relationship with a potential partner church for First Baptist Cadillac.
I will unpack these objectives in future posts.
I am going to share over the next few days some highlights of my recent trip to Ethiopia. It was truly amazing!
On Wednesday, October 18th we flew from Chicago to Addis Ababa (7,551 miles, 14+ hours in the air). I find it truly remarkable that such a large plane carrying so much weight can travel so long without refueling.
With My Own Eyes 