Report: Mission Africa - Sodo, Ethiopia (13-15th August)

Local youth comes forward to make a decision for Christ.

Summary Info & Stats

Type of mission: City-wide youth mission
Mission Theme: “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” (Eccl 12:1)
Mission cities: Sodo, Areka, Boditi
Mission dates: 13-15th August, 2010
Speakers (Int’l): Stephen Lungu, Lincoln Badger
Total evangelists: 6
Number of Events: 19
Total Attendance: 38,000
Total Response: 305 new decisions and 42 recommitments

Testimonies

[From L-R:] Mamusha Liera, Betsegaw Daniel, Asefa Densa.

The 21-year-old young man at the middle is Betsegaw Daniel. He is among the Christian youth in Sodo who were actively engaged in the preparation of the youth mission. The picture below shows Betsegaw holding close some of the new converts as they were giving testimonies.

Mamusha Liera, 17

He comes from a family where his mother brews local alcohol at home and his father gets drunk daily and beats her. They always quarreled and the home is in a constant chaos. Because of this constant turmoil Mamusha left home and became a street boy. In the streets he started to practice what he “learnt” at home, quarreling with his friends and became restless. No connection with his family.

At the Sodo mission Mamusha received Jesus Christ as his personal savior and one of the things he did was to reconcile with his friends. He is also getting ready to go back to his parents and to tell them his testimony; how he was changed and to invite them to accept Jesus Christ.

Asefa Densa, 18

Comes from a non Christian background. His father is stanch drunkard and promiscuous. He beats his wife often and creates continuous disorder at home. Asefa left home and became a street boy. He joined a bunch of idle youth that crafts commotion and got involved in theft.

After receiving Jesus Christ as his personal savior, the first thing Asefa did was to go back home and reconcile with his parents. Now he is engaging himself in small/menial business to earn income for leaving. He wants to see his parents accepting Jesus Christ.

Betsegaw is doing a followup to their discipleship process. They have started to take discipleship courses in a local church.

The crowd in attendance at the Sodo, Ethiopia youth mission.

- Report filed by Mel from African Enterprise's Ethiopia field office