In Feburary of 2011, a trip was planned to bring a Police Conference to the many men and Women Police officers in the region of Hosanna. John Bermel with Influence International has taught a Police Ethics course in the United States and in Kenya. Since developing a strong relationship with the Mayor and Police Department, it was surly where God was leading us in these next steps. John and another Police Officer Larry Lotzer were to also go down with Pastor Bill Bohline from Hosanna Church. Unfortunately Pastor Bills dad passed away. At the very last minute I decided to jump on in with them to help out with logistics of the trip.
What a great trip to see Police Officers from the US, connect with the Police Officers of Ethiopia. It was powerful to see what these Police Officers are doing for the good of the people in their community was the same in such far away places. I came away from the conference with a new respect for the Police Officers everywhere and what they do on a daily bases for their communities.
God is at work in the town of Hosanna, Commander Adise has given great efforts to bring Jesus to all the Police. Every morning at 6:00 they start the day with an 1 1/2 hours of worship and prayer before work. Many of the nearly 500 unmates worship as well, and have come to know the Lord from the efforts of the Police bringing the Power and love of Jesus inside the prison walls. They are changing the town with how they now react to unlawfulness differently. These men and women now fight crime not out of anger but out of a love they themselves are finding in Jesus.
We were able to speak at the service in the Prison on Sunday Morning. It was an eye-opening experience and a very sweet sight to see these inmates worship.
We are very excited about the relationship that our Police Officers at Hosanna! Church now have with the Hosanna, Ethiopia Department. This will be along term relationship that will be cherished both ways.
This relationship we hope to model for other communities and regions of Ethiopia. To train these Officers to go train others.
Our desire and purpose is to go into communities as God leads to build relationships deep enough that it models the love and family Jesus intended for us all. In the simple process of modeling Love, God will naturally lead us to bring restoration to the individual, the families, the communities and then to other nations as His nature is to multiply the model.
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