We just had our dear friend Eddie Evans from Ethiopia at church on Sunday. Eddie is the Pastor of Bethel International Church in Addis-Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. It is amazing the divine connections that God brings in our lives. I met Eddie years ago when he lived in Wilmington, NC. He had led an ECU student to Christ and she started attending our church so he wanted to meet us. Since that time our friendship and partnership in the Kingdom has grown significantly. Eddie ended up moving to Ethiopia to serve some churches and eventually planted a church a year ago. We have worked together to build an orphanage that houses 250 kindergarten students, plant a church, and worked with the Apostolic leader Dr. Bezalem Feesha of Emmanuel churches of Ethiopia to see the gospel go forth in that nation. It is amazing to me how God brings people in our lives. Eddie and I on Sunday marveled about the divine connection that took place years ago and where our journey in life has brought us. We also look forward with great expectation to the future and where we will go.

Mike