Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Mission

Learning to Lead is Hard

HOLLLLYYYYY I’m tired! But everything is good and going well. I hope you all are doing well and stay blessed! Let's just hop into this week before I lose my mind. Feb 2nd (last P Day) I got a well needed haircut, and it was nice! The guy cut me up better than the guy in Adama where I was before this transfer. It was for some reason a lot cheaper!!!! It is nice to have my haircut by people who have hair like mine. I'll definitely go back before I leave this place. My

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Round Two with Ayele

This week, I went on exchanges with my father (Elder Ayele), the term "father" means someone who trained you. Because my father became AP and I was made a Zone Leader, we got to go on exchanges. Best part of my week! Let's jump into this week! Jan 27th Today was an amazing day! It was nice to have a good number of lessons and just be normal. Tonight, we start exchanges with the APs, and it will be fun to have an exchange with my father, Elder Ayele. Jan 28th EXCHAN

Feb 33 min read

Light Work No Reaction

You may ask yourself, “what the heck is this title? Light work no reaction.” If ya know ya know hahahaha this week was amazing let's jump in. Jan 20th I went on an adventure today! It was quite fun. There is a member who lives out in the middle of nowhere and invited us over. She was amazing, and we went to see her and teach her a lesson. We unfortunately will not be going back again because the Mission President got mad, and we went there. I told him we wouldn't do it

Jan 273 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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