Thanksgiving....

I have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Kyle is a gem of a son who loves the Lord, works hard at his education and is committed to his running despite the physical challenges he has faced the last 18 months. He has a gentle, kind, faithful, loving and obedient spirit. He is such an awesome role model as a Christian athlete. I'm soooo thankful for him! Johanna is so much fun to be with and she has a quick wit. She loves adventure, being active and going to DD with Dad. She is incredible with young kids and has worked hard in school as well as on the court. We had a blast in Orlando together. She is thrilled about returning to Ethiopia. I'm sooo thankful for her! Chris....WOW....what a BEST FRIEND! She is an incredible teacher, with a huge and compassionate heart for the needy, who loves her family time. I'm so thankful for Chris. Her faith and knowledge in the Word of God is inspiring. Spending time with her is what I always look forward to. I'm very thankful for Joy and Danielle as well as they have both married two wonderful guys in Nathan & John. I miss them tons but I'm so glad that they faithfully follow the Lord's calling in their lives. They live simply and give generously. I'm soooo thankful for the four of them! Also, so thankful for Tripp and Alison Johnston who have been our partners in ministry since the beginning and for Danny Imes who has helped me so much this year with administrative responsibilities. Well, it's off to Cape Cod for a thanksgiving with my sister and brother in law (so thankful for their spiritual investment in my life over the years). Tim, Liz and Pete (&family) will be joining the party. Should be a wonderful family time. And THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT and PARTNERSHIP with the DAVIDSON FAMILY over the years as we serve Jesus Christ WHOLEHEARTEDLY to the ends of the earth through SIM/SPORTS FRIENDS. brian

Fasil is dying...

It's 4th and very long for Fasil right now, but we are praying for divine intervention. We need his body to gain strength so he can take the medicine he so desperately needs. Fasil is like our Ethiopian son who we had the pleasure and privilege to be totally used by God to see him become a transformed young man. He is a follower of God with a passion for football. He is our Women's team coach in Addis Ababa, but is currently confined to bed. I spoke with him 3 days ago and Chris spoke to him (in Amharic) early this morning. We expressed our love for him. We challenged him to keep the hope, to keep fighting as best as he can, so that we stay in position for a miracle recovery. We have doctors and experts doing their best to help him gain the strength he needs to begin taking medicines that could lead to his recovery down the road. Pray with us for a miracle because it truly is going to take one based on the reports we have received from Ethiopia. WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE FASIL!

Never forgetting the day.....

On November 3rd, 2002 we almost lost Johanna to a terrible horseback riding accident........but we didn't!...THANKFULLY! So every Nov. 3rd (it was crazy with the guys here so celebrated last night) we celebrate her life, thanking all the angels that intervened on her behalf that day. How many times have Angels intervened in our lives to save us from tragedy? We always wonder why when something terrible happens to us or someone we know, but we seldom thank God for sending angels to protect us. How many close calls have we had in this life that we know about? I bet there are plenty of others that we have been absolutely oblivious too. God is good all the time. All the time God is good. We enjoyed a dinner out last night including a big dessert (we never get desserts out!) to celebrate God's goodness to us and the wonderful blessing it is to have Johanna still with us. She is a special girl, wonderfully made, and we are looking forward to how God will use her for His purposes in the years to come.

Tigist Yemane - 12/12/85 to 11/07/2009

Tonight we have a gathering at Grier Funeral home at 7 pm to remember Tigist Yemane. All the money was raised (thank you Ethiopian community, Steele Creek church, and friends of Tigist) to send Tigist body back to her family on a 5:20pm Lufthansa flight tomorrow. It will take time for the body to clear customs, therefore we don't expect the family to receive Tigist until Sunday mid morning. PLEASE pray for the family during this time and for the ensuing funeral procession.

..."Death has been swallowed up in victory." "Where o death is your victory? Where o death is your sting.? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. but thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." I Corinthians 15:54b-55

It is finished! See Slideshow from our time together.

the "boys" wanted to drive back to Ethiopia in this, but the best we could do was Ethiopian Airlines. Berhanu and Ephraim finished there 37 day "Great Adventure" yesterday as they departed Charlotte around 2:30pm. No confirmation yet on whether or not Ephraim made all his connections. Yenu his wife called this morning asking where he was....hmmmm? Glad for the time with these guys we had productive meeting together. Starting December 23rd our SFE staff will be having a fellowship time together with all our level 4 leaders. Please pray for this time that it would be refreshing, encouraging, spiritually invigorating, and positive with regards to developing our ongoing teams ministry.