Ethiopia
“Come over….and help us!”

That is, of course, the “Great Macedonian Call!” The Apostle Paul saw in a dream someone pleading to hear the gospel message. Paul’s response, “I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.”Acts 26:19

Soon, on October 28, Sam Williams, our Deacon for Missions, and I will take a
seventeen hour plane trip to Ethiopia. Who will greet us? Where will we travel in Ethiopia? Why are we going to Addis Ababa? What are we going to do there?

For years this church in Hendersonville has been sending financial support, and on occasion, evangelists to this country. You, presently, with others in the USA are
supporting local men who in the Preacher Training Schools (PTS) are “teaching faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” (II Tim. 2:2) Directly, you are supporting a kindergarten in Nekempt along with a “School for the Deaf.” These two “good works” (Titus 3:1-2; James 1:27) are the reasons the Ethiopian Government
allows us to send preachers to “tell the Good News.” And many of these, like their great ancestor, the Ethiopian Treasurer (Acts 8:25-40) are accepting that grace in obedient faith.

Sam and I will land in Addis Ababa, the capital, and be greeted by Brother Behailu, a preacher and leader of the church in Ethiopia. After a day with the church there we will begin visiting rural churches that are within a 150 mile radius of the capital. We both will give lessons (sermons? talks?) at the churches and PTS through an interpreter. This will be a first for me! (I Cor. 14:28)

After a week of this, we will travel to western Ethiopia to the city of Nekempt. There we will see the kindergarten and give them the 33 “spinning tops” (toys) made by Brother Lloyd Cain. We will also visit the School for the Deaf and some of the surrounding churches.

Throughout the trip from Washington, D.C., to Ethiopia and return, Brother John Ed Clark who coordinates the U.S. efforts for Ethiopia will be our guide, mentor, and advisor. He has instructed us on the supplies and food we will need to bring. Sometimes we will be traveling to areas where there is no electricity or restaurants and sometimes their food is just not good for our digestive systems.

We will be surviving on cans of tuna and “Beanie Weenies” and YOUR PRAYERS. (Too, pray I can get at least two cups of coffee each day!!)
-Hugh Price, Jr.