Sunday will be the conclusion of a sermon series on the many aspects of Grace taught by Allan Robbins.

This guy has an awesome gift musically He plays guitar, keyboards, bass and drums!) and His messages have been a blessing. I think Sunday he will be speaking on Identity.
This one will probably be the best considering he is a blexican (black and mexican!!) but is that really his true identity :)

The Lord does not only want us to suffer but to also have the "mind to suffer"
(1 Peter 4:1). This is the difference in a trial making you bitter or better.

A cyclone off the coast of Somalia could give eastern Ethiopia and Kenya some much needed rain. Read more about it here

Sounds like an Elijah thing to me. A big shout out to all the christian believers who have been praying for the rain. Keep on praying!!!

Should Ethiopian higher education be privatized? Is this a step forward or backward? Read more about it here Cost sharing for higher education

One of my fellow habesha brothers Yosef Kebede has returned from Ethiopia. Check out his website
The Rebuilding project
It is about seeing change in Ethiopia regarding the environment

Here are some observations on healing, deliverance etc. by a Dutchman named Marc Van Der Woude who attended a miracle crusade run by Nigerian ministers Victor Emenike, Sunday Adelajah, and Prince Gideon.

Check out his blog Marc's messages

1. They take a lot of time to worship Jesus and focus on Him. Out of this 'ministry to the Lord' they flow with the prophetic anointing, and minister healing and deliverance. Even before or halfway the preaching they will take time to worship Jesus, call on Him, lift Him high. This leaves no room for demonic powers and releases the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

2. Based on revelation they would corporately address specific demonic forces at work in the people who had come to the campaign. While publicly rebuking these demons (of fear, depression, confusion, etc.), the people involved often started manifesting demonically and were delivered.

3. They were continually tuned in to Gods Spirit and acted based on revelation. They did what they saw God doing.

4. They did not pray for healing, but declared healing. They did not pray for deliverance, but commanded the demons to get out. They did not pray about God's will for people, but prophesied destiny. I believe this follows out of the revelation. If you know what God's will is, there's not need to ask Him to do it, just declare (prophesy) that it will happen. The Nigerians were very aware of the spiritual authority they carry in Christ Jesus.

5. There is a corporate anointing that is only released when people are one in the Spirit and move in the anointing together. This was the first time that these three pastors ministered together, but also the first time that a campaign was co-hosted by a charismatic and a traditional leader. Is God saying something to the Church here?

6. They stressed that every believer can move in the miraculous and imparted the anointing to everyone who wanted. Of course this is not an automatic thing; impartation only works when the people who receive the impartation start acting based on it.

7. The level of faith and expectation was high, even electric. And God moved powerfully. One time more than 10 people got our of their weelchairs and were healed on the spot. A deaf and dumb girl was completely healed. The first word she said was "JESUS!" Many people with artrosis, cancer, deafness, and other illnesses were healed. The higher the level of faith and expectation, the more God can and will do.

What is the only subsaharan african country where the U>S. has a military base?

Answer: Djibouti

Where is the largest amount of U.S. aid being given?

You guessed it. Read more about it at All Africa News

Injera is the bread from heaven!
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This is what the Israelites ate in the wilderness. Maybe that's exaggerating but we sure did have a good time at Messob restaurant with Assefa Gugsa the General Secretary for the Evangelical Students Union of Ethiopia. Check out their website EVASUE

Making alot of phone calls tonight as I invite friends to have dinner with me in Little Ethiopia at the Messob Restaurant

Here is a story about the ongoing Eritrea-Ethiopia border conflict

This is one of the most joyous times of my life but also one of the most difficult and challenging. It seems I am stuck between where I am and where I want to be. My feet are standing where I am and my hands are touching where I want to be. The possibilities and the satisfaction of getting where I want to be tend to make me go there in my mind and all the while doing what I have to do in my current situation. Maybe this is what Paul meant when he said "putting those thing that are behind me and straining towards what is ahead.

It is a running illustration from the greek games. Running can be painful and at the same time joyous.