Ashagre

Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says, the LORD of hosts. Zech 4:6

When the Holy Spirit takes over the church and the work everything will be easy and perfect. The last two weeks Holy Spirit done great things among our church members and in the church

Three weeks ago we have started new bible school; we have eight in the class, last week I really enjoyed when I teach them about righteousness’s in Christ Jesus they are so hungry for the word of God.

Let me show you my friends some of the things happened in the last three weeks.

Jan 1, Saturday

Outreach – Big outreach in a village

Kids’ Church – 32 children joined us for our special Christmas party in HCJ and heard the message of salvation through Jesus!

Jan 8-9, Saturday and Sunday

HCJ Conference!

Saturday morning and afternoon, disciples of HCJ were on the streets inviting everyone to come to the conference.

Saturday night, Daniel preached, 12 saved and many prayed for healing – 80 attended

Sunday morning, I  preached, 3 saved – Daniel also officially instated Ashagre as Senior Pastor and Mohammed and Zinabwa as Assistant pastors of HCJ, prayed and prophesied over them with Samuel and Gabrielle – Samuel and Gabrielle also were sent out with church’s blessing to next task – 50/55 attended

Daniel spoke to and encouraged everyone at the base in Harar during his visit.

Jan 11, Tuesday

Team gathering with Daniel – he led the team in prayer and worship and preached about faith, everyone was encouraged!

Bible School, which started one week before festival with 5 students, started a new week with 8 students! All are eager learners and doing well, baptized in Holy Spirit and filled with joy!

Jan 13, Thursday

The saddest thing in harar city happened, it started the fire, in the midst of the night, and this was sad news.

 Early morning – fire destroyed much of the Shoawber markets of Harar, families who worked as vendors lost everything and many people were devastated by the loss.

Jan 15, Saturday

Outreach – Evangelism teams sent out 2 by 2 into the city

Kids’ Church - One 11 year old girl’s family was one who lost wares in the fire; on Saturday morning we were able to pray for and encourage her – 19 children attended

Jan 16, Sunday

Mohammed  preached at HCJ – 1 man saved - 40 attended

Rioting started in Shoawber between people and government; 3 police officers were killed in the disturbance

Jan 18, Tuesday

First team gathering in which the Strandbergs were not present – time of prayer and worship was strong and unified, everyone praying in faith!

After the gathering I  appointed Sarah as Team Secretary.

Jan 19, Wednesday

I visited a village where a recent house church was planted. Several members of this village are enrolled in the Bible School and one of these, a man named Zemedku, took me to visit his mother who was very sick (one breast severely swollen and severe pain in the knee). During his visit, he was able to preach salvation and the woman was saved with tears flowing down her cheeks! We await an update of her healing after she was prayed for – God surely touched this woman!

Jan 21, Friday

Two of our new Bible school students, Yosef and Marta, were baptized in water today!

Jan 22, Saturday

Outreach to Caladamba district – 3 people saved!

Kids Church – 28 children attended; Tshay led the service and preached

Jan 23, Sunday

Powerful worship led by  Sinabwa, Pastor Ashagre preached – 1 man saved. More than 50 attended.