It's all about people!
East Africa Village Outreach follows the example Jesus gave to us. He often ministered to the physical needs of a person before addressing the spiritual needs. Our mission is to develop a trusting working relationship with people in rural village areas through humanitarian efforts. The long term goal is to church plant, conceived and supported by villagers.
 Seifu Ibssa Dear friend: In this edition of The African Connection, I would like to introduce you to Skip Ohs, a good friend who joined us during our recent trip to Ethiopia in October 2011. After seeing EAVO’s projects and accomplishments, he approached me and said that he and his wife, Adele, want to make regular contributions towards our projects. Seeing his commitment and knowing that we have had our Treasurer position unfilled for quite some time, I asked him to join our board to which he gladly replied, “Yes, I’d be glad to”. I am pleased to inform you that he’s doing an excellent job of a Treasurer. With an added objective of introducing him to you in the back of my mind, I asked Skip to share his Ethiopian trip experience with our supporters. Here it is below. Happy reading!
MY OBSERVATIONS OF ETHIOPIA: SO WHAT WAS ETHIOPIA LIKE?
By Skip Ohs
I was able to spend a month in Ethiopia with EAVO because I am retired--an exciting time for me. God has given me a love for the Ethiopian people. This trip solidified my resolve to partner with Christians there to minister to the physical needs of the people in order to have an opening to share how to know Jesus Christ personally. I am an elder in Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, California, and have been active in their Ethiopia Support Group for the four years I have lived in Sacramento. Seifu invited me to go to Ethiopia so I would catch the vision of helping to minister to others in Ethiopia. (Please see introduction above).
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We've moved!
Our new mailing address is
7276 French Road, Sacramento, CA 95828 |
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In October and November, eight volunteers travelled to Ethiopia to work on many EAVO projects. To most, this was their first time seeing the country. They worked on such projects as treating the sick, building playgrounds, protecting spring water and so on. There is a saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, so we thought we would share some of those activities in pictures. Enjoy!
High School Students:
We met many of our 121 high school students in Tulu Bolo and Harba Chulule. Art and Lesley Huffaker were very much touched by how much these students were willing to sacrifice to get education. They live more than 20 miles away from home in a small room, barely enough to sleep 3 students where they also study and eat their meals.
 Art and Lesley with our students. Art’s question: “Is that really where they study and sleep?”  Playing table tennis with some of our high school students with lots of spectators |
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Meet our first college graduate from Acheber village!
In our Summer 2011 newsletter, we profiled the story of Worknesh who is now a preschool teacher. She was pictured with Sintu Girma. We learned in August that Sintu just graduated from a nursing college. Wow! What a joy to see her reach her dreams! What a joy for her parents, for our partners, for us, for you who give generously. Sintu is our first graduate from the batch of the first 43 students that we took in, and began supporting when our high school program began in 2006. Sadly, Sintu’s parents could not make it to her graduation. The bus they were riding broke while travelling to Wolisso town where she attended college. Thank God for our partners! Pictured above, Mr. Tadesse Assefa, Development Director from Guennet Church (left), and Mr. Hailu Ibssa, our college/high school program coordinator (right) rushed to the occasion and were there to celebrate with Sintu.
Congratulations Sintu!!! |
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