Beloved Ethiopia, Nov/Dec 2012. Crusade, Women's Conference and Saved Orphans

Breakthrough Crusade in Jeldu - Great people!

Hanna's and PTL's Orphanage. Some of the 230 kids!

She was an orphan, and in jail for stealing food. She hadn't eaten for days! Now she will never be hungry again. Together with Pastor Tommy's daughter Rebecka.

Doretti was an orphaned street child who got saved 2 years ago. Now she is safe at Hanna's and PTL's orphan home in Addis.

Hard to imagine that these darling princesses have lived on the street!

First Women's Conference of its kind in Addis: "Sharpened for Greatness!"

Ethiopia, November/December 2012.

The crusade was held in a place where time had stood still for a very long time. There were no buses, cars, motorcycles or bikes here. Everyone walked, except for a few who came riding on horses. Some of them had walked for days from their tribal villages in the mountains. But they all wanted to meet Jesus.

On the first day, a man who had been blind for a long time was healed. Without even being able to see, he had walked to the meeting. Thank you Jesus, for touching him! Many people spent the night instead of going home again! The trip would have taken too long. They spent the night outside or on a simple farm, without running water, electricity or toilets. So we had two meetings each day. The music started at 6:30 in the morning, prayer at 9:00, worship at 10:00 and I started preaching at 11:00. The first meeting was over by about 12:30. But then by 2:00 the same afternoon, the next meeting had started, and by 5:30 that evening I had prayed for people to salvation, healing, deliverance and the baptism in the Holy Spirit twice. What grace from God! On the final day there were at least 40,000 people at both meetings, and the presence of Jesus was wonderful.

The work continues with our children’s center in Addis Ababa, called Hanna Orphan’s Home. Today we help a total of 250 children, and by January we are planning to expand with 3 more family units. We help children who have eaten food among wild dogs, young girls (11-12 years old) who had been in prison for stealing food, children with HIV/AIDS, children who have been shot, raped and abused. Yet they are children who have been restored by Jesus and by the staff at the children’s center in a fantastic way. The orphanage director, Hanna, is amazing. It would be hard to count how many children she hugs and kisses on the cheek each day. It is proof of the heart she has for the children she has committed her life to saving and helping.

The conference for women was a highlight. It was the first time a conference like that had been held in Ethiopia, and Jesus really did a great work in each woman there. The word from heaven lifted every single person in attendance. Many of them were healed, several were delivered, but the main thing was that most of them were filled with the Spirit and the fear and bondage on the inside of them was broken. When they understood how important women are, and how important the Biblical women were, something happened on the inside of them. They realized their true position in Christ. They even skipped the breaks so that they could have spontaneous prayer meetings. “Revival is here!” they said.