Dear friends!
In August, we had a wonderful evangelis�c event in Negele. Negele is located 600 km southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, towards the Ethiopian Somali region. It is a dry area and many nomads live there. 95% of the popula�on are Muslims and they had never had a public evangelis�c event in the stadium before. We started with a few hundred people and ended on Sunday with several thousand people in the stadium. This morning, Dereje, our coordinator, wrote:
“Goodmorning,Ekkehard!Ihavereceivedrepeated calls from Negele Borena and had no idea that our evangelismcampaignhadmadesuchadeepimpact. From government officials to church leaders, I am hearing overwhelming reports. Many Muslims have come to Christ, and numerous healings have taken place that we didn't know about because they weren’ttes�fiedtoonstage.Theleadersaredeeply grateful for this unique evangelism campaign, and we thank God for His faithfulness. Thank you for your unwavering service to our na�on, and may God bless you abundantly!”
We were si�ng at breakfast and this man was sleeping on the street and at first I thought he was dead. He was a homeless man who had spent the night there. When he woke up, he asked for some money and walked away. In the evening, I saw him in the stadium as he came forward to the altar call and gave his life to Jesus. One soul less in hell and more in heaven — that’s what it’s all about.
We printed 1,000 books by Kenneth Hagin in Amharic for the first �me. The book has about 400 pages and contains 26 lessons on faith, on prayer, on healing, and on the Holy Spirit and His gi�s, each. It is like a mini Bible school. We now give one of these books to the leaders and elders of the various churches at each event, about 100 books per campaign. Most of the leaders are lay people, and this book gives them sound teaching and a founda�on.
What we s�ll need is our own stage. We want to order one next year. However, it now costs $30,000 instead of $25,000. Everything is becoming more expensive and infla�on is very high in Ethiopia. We feel this in our expenses. We planned 12 evangelis�c campaigns for Ethiopia and 3 for Nigeria this year, but had to cancel three campaigns in Ethiopia for financial reasons, so we are now conduc�ng 9 campaigns there.
This year, we s�ll will go to Ethiopia twice and to Nigeria twice. The next mission is from September 17-21 in Nigeria.
A hear�elt thank you to all of you who support our work. As long as we have strength, resources, and open doors, we will con�nue un�l Jesus comes.
Warm regards, in Jesus Name!
Ekkehard Hornburg
