QUARTER 4 AFR I C A ETHIOPIA
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ONE LOST SHEEP
n Luke 15:1-7, a group of tax collectors and sinners had gathered to hear Yeshua speak. The Pharisees were angered that He was associating with those their society despised. But Yeshua challenged them with a question about something everyone at that time could relate to: a shepherd and his sheep. “Which man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, will not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it? When he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says, ‘Rejoice with me, for I’ve found my sheep that was lost!’ I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one repenting sinner than over the ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance” (v. 4-7, TLV). One lost sheep that has strayed away from the safety of the shepherd’s care... One lost sheep stranded in a hostile world... One lost sheep out of a hundred...
The Shepherd cares about each and every one of His sheep and will do whatever it takes to rescue any one that goes astray. We feel the same way. That’s why we went to Gondar. Through the love and generosity of partners and supporters of Jewish Voice,
nearly 14,000 patients came for treatment at our medical clinic in Gondar, Ethiopia, this past May.
The people in these communities are much like the outcasts of ancient Israel, shunned, ignored, and even despised by society. But each one of those thousands of people is precious to God...and to us. Each one needs to hear the Good News that Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world. Each one needs to know that despite how they have been treated for
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