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Ethiopia Map of Ethiopia Ethiopia’s Flag Winnie the World’s Newsletter Ngussie lives in Ethiopia Country Quick Facts Ethiopia • Capital City: Addis Ababa • Population: 70.5 million • Main Languages: Amharic (official), Tigrinya, Oromifaa, and about 80 other languages. English is spoken by some. • Main People Groups: Oromo, Amhara, Tigre, Somali • Religions: Ethiopian Orthodox, Islam, Protestant, traditional religions More Quick Facts Ethiopia • Location: Ethiopia is in the Horn of Africa. This is the part of East Africa that juts out like a rhino’s horn. Ethiopia would cover about three-fourths of our State of Alaska. More Quick Facts Ethiopia • The Land: The Great Rift Valley cuts through the southern part of Ethiopia. On the northwest side of the valley are the grassy highlands. On the opposite side, the land is mountainous. • Weather: It can get very hot in the lowlands—up to 120 degrees. The highlands are cool, in the 60s and 70s. It rains from June to September and is very dry from October to February. More Quick Facts Ethiopia • Assemblies of God Facts: • 2 missionaries in Ethiopia • 54 churches with 54 pastors • Over 50,000 members of the Ethiopian Assemblies of God • 1 Bible school with 83 students LET’S PRAY… • for the kids of Ethiopia, especially the 40,000 street kids of Addis Ababa. • that new churches will be started among the many people groups who have never heard the gospel. • for Christians who have left the Orthodox church or the Muslim faith. Sometimes their families throw them out. Pray they will stay strong and faithful to Jesus. • for missionaries from Ethiopia to other nations—and that God will send more. BGMC provided the funds for the translation, development, and printing of training materials and discipleship materials for Ethiopia. BGMC provides materials and books for the Addias Bible College in Ethiopia. BGMC paid to develop the Edward the Elephant book and costume to teach African kids about AIDS. Thank you for giving to BGMC so that the poor and starving children in Ethiopia can be reached with the gospel.