How it all started

In the summer of 2009, 17 members of Grace Covenant Church, traveled to Zeway, Ethiopia to visit orphans who are raising their siblings. We had no idea what God had in store for us! He has now revealed a 3 year community-to-community partnership with Zeway Food for the Hungry, the Zeway Evangelical Church Partnership and our church in Austin. What a ride God has in store for all those who join this partnership!

Monday, March 30, 2009

Financial update

We are getting closer to our goal: currently we have $19,400 raised. We are so blessed and appreciative of Grace church and many other family members and friends who have helped us get to this point.

God has also graciously provided a few re-calculations of our budget -we now need a total of $23,500 instead of $30,000 Thank you God! So while we are still short, we are getting closer by needing about $4,000 more.

We are able to buy plane tickets at this point. Please pray that we'll be able to get all 13 of us on the same flight. It is complicated, but in order to get the cheapest fare, it may require that we travel separately. Of course, this is not ideal, but we want to be good stewards of the money, so we'll seek out a good deal!

We just recently had our 4th out of 5 training sessions with our team at an Ethiopian restaurant on Grand Avenue and I-35. If you haven't tried Ethiopian food, we encourage you to do so! "Taste of Ethiopia" is a great restaurant to try it out and you will love Wione who is the hostess, cook, server and all-around wonderful person to get to know!

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