Blake and Megan Fortner - Ethiopia

We are missionaries to the country of Ethiopia. We both felt that the Lord was calling us to the mission field on a missions trip as teenagers. During our junior year of college we were both able to go on the same trip to the country of Ethiopia. It was during this trip that God saw fit to bring us together as a couple and to give us both a desire to go back to Ethiopia as missionaries. We graduated from Baptist Bible College (Springfield, MO) in May of 2005 from the Intercultural Studies program and were married in July of that same year. After a two year internship at Abundant Life Baptist Church (Lee's Summit, MO) we began deputation to raise support for the ministry to which God had called us. We have been on the road since September of 2007 during which we also became the proud parents of a beautiful baby boy named Benjamim who is now 10 months old. So far God has supplied 80% of the funds needed to go to Ethiopia! 

We are looking to leave for Ethiopia this coming January (2010). We will spend our first two years in the capital city (Addis Ababa) to learn the language and to become accustomed to Ethiopian culture. During our second term we will move to the specific city (Dire Dawa) that we feel God is leading us to. We see God possibly leading us to work with oral learners by taking them from Creation to Christ by means of oral Bible story telling. It is our vision to take the light of Christ to these people so that we can shine His light in the midst of their darkness and see many Ethiopians come to know our Savior.

www.opendoorethiopia.org

“Please pray for Blake and Meagan Fortner who are currently serving as missionaries in Ethiopia