Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Mission

This week was....boring!

What up family and friends? This week was not that exciting lowkey kind of boring, but I found myself reading Atomic habits so that’s fun. We struggle to find things to occupy our time after 6 pm when we are required to be inside for safety. That has been a challenge. I found this English book on the street from a book seller and my companion suggested I read it as it helped him. I highly suggest reading it. Anyway, let’s hop into this week Oct 27 Today was normal! We h

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Monkey Park

What’s up family and friends? This week I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Hawassa for missionary work and to watch the Hawassa Branch split into two branches. This is the first time this has happened in Ethiopia, and it was wonderful to be present and experience it. I was not sure if I would be able to do with everything going on with the conflict and timing. But at the last minute, President Tandoh told me and Elder Van that we were going and we were thrilled. Ha

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Primary Program

What is up, my beautiful friends and family! I am currently making food, so while I wait, I’ll write an email! This week was pretty chill, so let’s hop straight into it. Oct 13th Today was pretty normal! It was chill as in, not much to report. We are not seeing any escalation pertaining to the war, which is good. We know in the back of our minds that evacuation is possible. One of the church members here told us, she had heard that that missionaries would be leaving Ethiop

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Country Map of Ethiopia

Interesting Facts about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Ethiopia.

2,423 Total Church Membership

8-Congregations

0 Wards

8 Branches

The first members in Ethiopia were expatriates attached to embassies who held Church meetings in homes in Addis Ababa. In March 1985 Church Apostle Elder M. Russell Ballard and Elder Glenn L. Pace of the Seventy visited Addis Ababa with Church relief supplies. The Church donated some $2.8 million for famine relief and irrigation development in Ethiopia and neighboring countries, such as Sudan.

The Kenya Nairobi Mission, which includes Ethiopia, was created in 1991, and the first official Church meeting was held in Addis Ababa in August 1992. In 1993 the Church was legally registered and the first missionary couple arrived. In February 1993 the first missionaries arrived, Elder Eugene and Sister Ruth Hilton. The Church was legally registered on 16 September 1993.

The Addis Ababa Branch (a small congregation) was created in January 1994 and was presided over by Girma Denisa. He was the first Ethiopian to serve the Church as a full-time missionary.

In 2020 The first official mission was established. However, due to Covid and then civil war. The mission is still new.

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