Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Mission

Exchange, Exchange, Exchange!

Hello everyone! This week was good! We spent a lot of time out of our area which is both good and bad, hahahaha. It is good because it made the week go fast, bad because our area that we are assigned to takes a hit! Let’s hop into the week. June 2nd So, its June...... crazy! Today we had exchanges with the AP’s (assistants to the President), I went on an exchange with Elder Van who is a cool dude. We had a lot of lessons fall through, but we still managed to find a lot

9 hours ago4 min read

CANCEL ማደረግ

Welcome back to Ethiopia (through this email)! We had to get our emails sent early and we were given permission to call home early too because tomorrow (Monday) is the nationwide elections and we have been warned that there may be a loss of power and that there are safety concerns. Currently Abiy Ahmed is the President and has been since 2018. Here he is on the side of this building. He is Oromo (this is one of the tribes in Ethiopia) and his party took over in 2018 when the

Jun 24 min read

I can speak Amharic!

Hello everyone I won't even lie, this was a basic week. Lots of finding, teaching and just vibing! I also want you to know that we do not have access to a computer here. Those may be standard in the USA in households and church buildings. However, that is not the case here. I know very few people who have access to computers at home or anywhere for that matter. Only 5% of the population here has access to a computer. For context, wider digital access is also low, with

May 255 min read

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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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