Category: Newsletters

Our Team in Tede, Ethiopia We drove out of Addis Ababa and headed South on the next part of our adventure.  After 2 hours, we pulled off the highway, traveled up a dirt road until it ended, and then headed across a large field.  The scene before us was the Africa of National Geographic. When the field ended at an

Our Team with the Street Kids Home in Ethiopia Ethiopia is a desperately needy nation.  There are over 4,000,000 orphans in the nation, and 1,500,000 of them are AIDS orphans.  These children are taken advantage of, used, and then thrown away.  Many of them turn to drugs, and others turn to a life of crime, just to survive.  In the

On Wednesday night we made our way through the streets of Addis Ababa, to the Ethiopian Cultural Restaurant.  This is a once in a lifetime experience!  We were greeted by the hostess in traditional Ethiopian dress, and escorted to our tables.  Then, the fun evening began. Traditional Ethiopian Food Served on Injira Bread The Ethiopian food was fantastic.  The serving

Ethiopian Church   On Sunday, we gathered with over 1,000 Ethiopian believers, and were impacted with the sincere worship and unashamed joy of the African Church. This service gave us a new glimpse of heaven. I could imagine in a new way what heaven will be like with every tribe, and tongue and nation worshipping our great God. Team Members

Tomorrow morning, we will be heading to Africa!  We will be there for two weeks, and will be spending valuable time with Streams Of Mercy’s partner orphanages in Ethiopia and Uganda! We will be updating this blog regularly with stories from our trip, so keep an eye out for posts! You can also follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/streamsofmercy.

Children are sold on the streets Our journey into India has been another life-changing experience.  We have traveled to 7 orphanages in two different cities and traveled countless miles.  One of the most heart-wrenching experiences was to meet children who had been trafficked (SOLD) into sexual and work slavery.  We met several children who have been rescued by these wonderful ministries.  Trafficking has

A Year Ago: Living on the Sidewalk She was dying and she knew it.  The woman had lived on the streets of Pune, India for a very long time.  About a year before, she was diagnosed with AIDS, and her husband had left her for another street dweller, taking his two sons with him .  He made another decision that day.  He would leave

With the Street Kids Orphanage We arrived at the Chennai Street Kids Orphanage, and immediately were greeted by 34 of the most wonderful kids you could ever imagine.  These kids come from a WIDE assortment of backgrounds.  Some are true orphans, one little 11 year old girl was dropped off on the streets of Chennai (a city of 8,000,000 people!) because her mother

Lawrence His Name is Lawrence, and he’s 9.  As I walked into the Aids Kids Orphanage in Chennai, I was drawn to Lawrence right away.  He has a gentle smile and kind eyes.  Lawrence is not the most outgoing child in the home.  As a matter of fact, he’s a pretty quiet child in the midst of many young extroverts.