by madieministries | Jun 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
As I stepped off the plane after 24 hours of traveling and limited sleep, there was a small voice in the back of my head that said, “what if? What if Misgana and Melaku had the wrong date? What if there was a problem with the taxi and they weren’t able to arrive in...
by madieministries | Jan 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
This past year MADIE Ministries was able to support 30 children so they could attend school. Our goal for 2014 is to raise enough support so these 30 children can continue their education for next school year and add 10 more children. We have received some great...
by madieministries | Jan 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
As of January 1, 2014 MADIE Ministries has moved into a compound that will house future team members. The main house has three bed rooms along with two western style bathrooms. Hana Jambo will be the Ethiopian hostess for our teams. She will manage the compound and...
by madieministries | Aug 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sunday, August 4, 2013 I traveled to Denkaka for church. I was asked to give the message. Although I had planned to talk about “loving our neighbors”, God put it on my heart to talk about what it means to serve. We were able to get a ride faster this time...
by madieministries | Aug 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Uniforms Delivered Sunday, July 21st was a day of blessings. I woke up early to a peaceful sound outside. It was not raining and I was very thankful for that. I was going to Denkaka for church and delivering the uniforms to the children. No rain meant it would...
by madieministries | Jul 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
The children’s uniforms are finished. They worked quickly to get them all finished before it was time for me to leave. We are taking them to the children on Sunday. Sunday will be a very busy day. We will be attending church and video taping part of the service....
by madieministries | Jul 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
The uniforms are in the process of being made. Mingistu grew up in Denkaka and is the primary person sewing the uniforms. He normally charges 80 birr but he is only charging us 50 birr. He said if we were willing to bless the children in the village then he too...
by madieministries | Jul 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
After finishing a meal of rice with some unknown meat, we went out to the hut to get the chickens that were purchased for two families. To our surprise, the chickens had gotten loose and they were running allover the compound. It took two adults and three children to...
by madieministries | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is the church that we are in the process of partnering with soon. Wondu is working on the official paperwork to make it legal in Ethiopia to work with MADIE Ministries. Once the paper work is filed then we can begin working with the church families. This may take...
by madieministries | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
June 28, 2013, we went out to Denkaka with the men who will be making the uniforms. We walked over a mile to find a taxi to take us to the village. We rode in a 12 passenger van with 25 people piled into it. Along with the people were bags of grain, chickens and...
