Truneh
Wolde
Selassie:
That's
right,
exactly!
|
remember
the
name
of
the
man,
A...?
Verati?
[VTS_02_7.VOB
1:13].
He
was
a
minister,
government
minister
under
the
Derg.
And
he’s
a
good
friend
of
ours
-
very
good
friend.
So
whenever
relatives
of
ours
die,
he
comes
to
the
funeral.
And
when
he
asked
about
them,
it’s
just
that
you
have
[1:28]
said
now,
this
man
died
uh,
89,
90,
92,
95,
96,
even
100.
And
then
he
had
been
wondering
about
for
a
while,
he
said,
“Now,
tell
me
pastor
what
is
the
secret?”
And
|
told
him
what
|
told
you
now.
(Adu
Worku:
Mmm
hmm.)
That’s
why.
And
what
|
didn’t
tell
you
now,
but
|
told
him,
was
another...
one
more
point,
which
|
will
mention.
That
is...the
Seventh-day
Adventist
in
Ethiopia
believe
in
education.
Every
Seventh-day
Adventist,
every
Seventh-day
Ad
eh,
Ethiopian
Seventh-day
Adventist
teaches
his
children.
There
is
no
one
who
doesn’t
teach
his
children.
Even
the
poor
woman,
a
single
mother,
does
anything
possible
for
her
to
educate
her
children.
And
those
children
whom
the
parents
educated,
going
through
??
[VTS
_02_7.VOB
2:25]
difficulties,
now
are
educated,
they
are
coming
back,
they
are
adding
good
positions,
they
are
helping
their
parents,
those
who
were
in
the
countryside
now
go
to
the
cities
where
they
have
medical
facilities,
where
they
live
a
cleaner
life.
They
are
like
you,
yourself.
You
are
a
living
testimony,
you
brought
your
parents
from
Magdamoch?
[VTS_02_7.VOB
2:44],
from
Tatras
[VTS_02_7.VOB
2:45],
to
Debre
Tabor.
They
were
living
in
a
modern
house,
they
were
getting
good
food,
(Adu
Worku:
Mmm
hmm.)
they
were
having
clean
house,
and
there
was
a
hospital
there.
(Adu
Worku:
Mmm
hmm.)
So
they
lived
more
than
80.
How
old
was
your
father
when
he
died?
Adu
Worku:
My
father
died
at
93
and
my
mother
at
95.
Truneh
Wolde
Selassie:
There
you
are!
That's
the
proof
of
what
|
am
saying
here.
Adu
Worku:
Mmm
hmm.
Truneh
Wolde
Selassie:
That's
why.
Adu
Worku:
Yeah.
Thank
you.
We
are
getting
to
the
end
of
our
conversation.
|
have
thoroughly
enjoyed
it.
But
|
have
a
couple
more
questions
to
go.
With
all
your
successes,
and
all
your
achievements,
and
there
are
many,
your
life
has
not
been
without
challenges.
You
have
experienced
life
threatening
situations,
losses,
near
misses,
and
all
that.
You
have
kept
your
faith,
you're
still
going
strong.
Tell
us
about
those,
those,
uh...you
already
told
us
about
the
early
death
of
your
mother,
(Truneh
Wolde
Selassie:
Mmm
hmm.)
but
there
was
an
interesting
story
when
you
were
a
shepherd
that
you
encountered.
Start
there
and
just
tell
us
what
happened
that
could
have
snuffed
your
life
out.
Truneh
Wolde
Selassie:
Yes,
Adu,
my
village
life
as
a
shepherd
boy,
|
had
to
go
out
to
the
mountains,
to
the
jungles,
looking
after
cattle.
On
a
particular
occasion....
You
know,
|
used
to
go
to
school
in
the
morning
and
go
to
the
farm
in
the
afternoon.
Father
told
me
that
the
cows,
the
goats,
the
sheep
were
out,
the
mules,
on
the
mountain.
|
went
for
search.
|
found
all
of
them
except
the
mules,
which
|
couldn’t
find.
And
after
searching
for
a
while,
|
could
see
them
from
a
distance.
And
the
sun
was
setting.
It
was
getting
dark
and
|
was
running
to
reach
those
mules.
And
when
|
reached
the
mules
and
started
driving
them
homeward,
these
mules
started
galloping,
running
and
|
was
following
from
behind.
And
all
in
a
sudden
|
heard
a