Ethiopia

Mission partners Chris and Suzy Wilson are based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where they work in reconciliation and peacebuilding with local Christian leaders. Pray for Chris as he delivers preaching training to Christian leaders in refugee camps and helps train local leaders to deliver the training to others.

We pray for initiatives supporting vocational training, essential for those unable to complete secondary education. Pray for wisdom and blessing for the Skills Centre in Soroti, Uganda, supporting teenage girls, the Young Mums project in Kampala, Uganda. The young people supported through our Moving Forward Fund women’s self-help groups in Ethiopia and Sri Lanka, helping to stabilise vulnerable families and young people at the Morning Star Care Centre, Sri Lanka.

Please pray for wisdom for the team at Addis Kidan (our partners). Smooth logistics in all administrative and technical areas of this initiative. Good relationships in the collectives of women farmers the women and their families who will benefit. That the new wells deliver flourishing harvests for all.

Praise the LORD for three face-to-face Al Massira trainings in Ethiopia - two of which have taken place only 2 months after the first training in November, alongside the launch of AM into Amharic. There are three essential languages in Ethiopia for Al Massira. These are Amharic, Somali and Oromo. Amharic and Somali translations are complete and are available. Oromo dubbing is underway and when sufficient funding has been raised, the work can continue to make progress. Oromo is the main language spoken by Ethiopian’s precious Ms population. Please pray for the LORD’s faithful provision.

At the end of January, we pray for our partners in Ethiopia as they work to deliver the new Wells for Women Farmers project. Please pray for: wisdom for the team at Addis Kidan (our partners) - smooth logistics in all administrative and technical areas of this initiative - good relationships in the collectives of women farmers - the women and their families who will benefit - that the new wells deliver flourishing harvests for all.

Wollo Amhara in Ethiopia: Wallo is a province in north-eastern Ethiopia with a desire for independence. There are around 6.3 million Wollo people who are mostly traditional subsistence farmers. Most Amhara people are Christians but Wollo people practise Islam and traditional religion. Pray for improved farming methods, and for Amharic-speaking Christians to reach out to the Wollo people.

Chris and Suzy Wilson are working in reconciliation and peacebuilding with Christian leaders in Ethiopia. Pray for God to bless their efforts to improve their Amharic and help them not just to get to grips with the language’s many consonant sounds and add to their vocabulary, but also for God to bring the right words and turns of phrase to mind when they speak to people.

Pray for a lasting peace agreement and for food and medicine to reach those who urgently need it,” write Chris and Suzy Wilson, CMS mission partners working for forgiveness, reconciliation and peacebuilding in Ethiopia, where the situation continues to be tense. Pray for Christians in the country to be agents of peace and reconciliation as the different parties negotiate and find a way to live together in harmony.