Andrew M updates us with encouraging news from Chris and Suzie:

A Chance to Catch up with Leaders from the Refugee Camp Churches:

Chris has had an encouraging trip to Assosa where he spent a few days at the Diocesan Synod of the Anglican Church in the Horn of Africa. As more than half of the churches in the Diocese are in the two refugee camps that he teaches in, the Synod provided a great opportunity to spend time with leaders from both camps in a different setting. He also spent the weekend in one of the refugee camps, running the second block of an Arabic-language training course for church leaders.

His personal highlight was seeing Simon (a refugee and former student from their Gambella days) progress from working as a translator to teaching one of the classes himself. Chris is now thinking more about what steps he can take to shift from being the one who is teaching refugee church leaders to helping those churches that can to run their own training, and asks for prayer about this.

Equipping Ethiopian Missionary Families to Thrive

Suzy will be spending time over the next few months with 5-6 Ethiopian families and singles who will be sent to different parts of the world to work with churches there. She will be helping them to think through how to thrive as a family in their locations, and particularly consider educational options for their children.

Prayer Requests:

• Prayer has also been asked for the annual process of renewing work permits and residence IDs.
• Pray for Suzy as she is travelling back to the UK for a few days as her stepfather has passed away.. It will be good for her to be with family at this difficult time, and to be able to attend the funeral.