Abraham Anna Merkano

Hometown: Awassa

Living in: Awassa

Church: Mekane Eyesus

Marital status: Married (to Elini Filate)

Salvation experience: Abraham comes from a Christian family.

Life and ministry experience / Present ministry: Worked as a tradesman until God called him to vocational ministry; now has a burden for Muslim areas.  Is an evangelist in the Mekane Eyesus church and wakes up at 2 AM to go to clubs and preach to prostitutes. 

Vision for the future: Is called to plant churches in Muslim areas (his wife has spent 8 years in Arab areas and speaks Arabic fluently!). God has told him that he will die while preaching the Gospel to Muslims. 

Prayer requests:

• That God would help him in his service in Muslim areas
• That God would help him in his ministry to prostitutes (ten have recently received Christ and now need a new line of work)
• That God would provide Bibles and pamphlets for him to give to those he evangelizes (especially prostitutes)
• That God would increase the church's burden for ministry and outreach
• That God would provide an opportunity for him to go to Bible school