Despite a ceasefire in the civil war earlier this year, the humanitarian crisis continues in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia.
The agricultural system, which employed three-quarters of all Tigray people, has been effectively destroyed by the war. Hospitals have run out of drugs for cancer patients, and often simply send them home.
Eric Foley with The Voice of the Martyrs Korea says, “Our friend, Pastor T, wrote saying, ‘Still, Romans 8:28. The suffering of people is high, but God is working.’ What Pastor T noted for us was that so many Tigrayans are still forced to live in Addis because of the travel limitations and the inability to return and make a living in Tigray at this point. Yet, God is at work.”
“We need to sometimes step into the shoes of ordinary Christian believers and really not think as geopolitical analysts.”
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SOURCE: Mission Network News, Katey Hearth
CALL TO ACTION
- Praise God for the faith of Tigrayan Christians.
- Ask God to continue providing for these communities and to bring a permanent end to the war.
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