The BDS Movement (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) against Israel recently garnered another supporter. The University of California Student Association, representing all 10 of the UC campuses, approved a resolution to divest in a number of countries they charge with human rights violations.
“We should put you all on freight wagons.” This hateful statement makes reference to the Nazi practice of filling train cars with Jewish civilians and transporting them to death camps. It was uttered by a high school math teacher in Brussels, Belgium — to a 16-year-old Jewish girl.
Meet Derartu. Derartu (29) walked for over an hour to get to our Woliso medical mission in Ethiopia. She came with four of her six children, Daniel (9), Diribu (6), Megersa (5), and Ezekiel (2 months).
Today ends the week-long medical mission clinic. Communication has been spotty in Woliso, sometimes available and sometimes not. The clinic served nearly 4,000 patients mid-way through the medical mission.
Ethiopia lies just north of the equator in eastern Africa. In the dry season, the landscape is dusty with red earth. In the rainy season, water flows so freely that many buildings and facilities have drainage ditches along walkways.
Each day of the medical mission begins with worship and a brief message to encourage and strengthen the team for the coming day.
Recent reports from Israel suggest that U.S. President Barack Obama and his political allies are actively working to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming March elections.
Our medical outreach in Woliso, Ethiopia will begin in a few days, and even now team members are packing and preparing to serve the Lord in ministering love, prayer and medical care to the thousands who will come to have their needs met. We need your prayers.
