August 6, 2002

May peace and joy that comes from God be yours in full measure. We have just returned from Atlanta, GA for our fourth annual conference, on August 4, 2002. We concluded our conference under the theme: "Repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord..."(Acts 3:19-20).
It was the kind of experience that you simply had to be there to know how the spirit of the Lord had its way in our midst. May glory be to our God who blessed us in such a successful conference; it was really a blessing to see many people young and adult altogether worshiping and praising God.
The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Psalm 126.3. We praise God for the wonderful things He has done for us.
We would like to thank the Atlanta Church along with its congregation for making our conference a successful one. They are to be commended for the wonderful way they worked to make conference 2002 a reality. We also would like to thank our youth group, our fathers bishops Intonios and Dioscoros from Eritrea, and all the priests. Several other people must also be thanked for the labor of love they devoted to their specific areas for taking so much of the load off of us in keeping the program of the conference running smoothly. We want to thank you all of the delegates who came to Atlanta, rendered to us a "debt free" conference and allowed the Lord to use you to his glory. We thank God for each and every one of you.
Now that the conference is over and we all are reaching to catch our breath, the question becomes what does God has next for us to do. we want to see continue our mission to help grow our church and make a difference in the life of our people.
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete. 1 John 1.3-4.

May God bless you all.