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Unseen Hands
for us."
Just as her tirade concluded, Tekle answered a knock
at the door. "God told me to give you this for the needs of your household," the man standing there said as he handed him forty-five birr. That would pay the rent and
provide essentials for the remainder of the month. "NowdoyouseehowJesustakescareofus. Mother?" Tekleexplained, "It's not that I do not want to work, but Godtold me to dedicate my time to Him, and in return
He promised to supply my needs."
His mother marveled at God's unique and timely pro
vision and began to understand her son's calling.
Two months later his family decided to return to Tigre to see about their property. Tekle felt they might be too young in the faith to stand alone, so he read to them Mark 10:29-30: "And Jesus answered and said. Verily I say rmto you. There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for
my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hun dredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with
persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life." The Scripture touched them; they never returned to
Tigre.
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