Mrs. Wineshet Zerihun, Head of Women, Children and Social Affairs Office

Mrs. Wineshet Zerihun, Head of Women, Children and Social Affairs Office.

"We will leave everything behind! I will pray for my parents!!" 

(Taken from the interview of the former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who was the only one of the leaders of African countries to attend Donald Trump's birthday in the great country) 

"We are going to leave everything behind! Our strength is only the Lord. If I have to cry in the congregation, I will cry; if I have to kneel, we will kneel. Lord, I am ready to be all I have!!" 

Tell me your favorite song? 

Ato H/Maryam: If I worship him naked like David. 

But when they enter the assembly and worship, there is something of protocol as an official. There is a security issue. Another and another. Will you forget all this and worship freely? 

Mr. Maryam: I have no problem. If I'm in a meeting, I don't think about myself at all. King David worshiped before God by throwing his cloths. I do not think about anything else but that I am in the presence of God. If I have to cry, I will. If I have to kneel, I will. Lord, I am ready to be all that I am. 

Tell us if there are any issues that you regularly pray for? 

Ato H/Maryam: I usually pray on four topics. First, I pray for more peace and blessings for this country. I pray to give wisdom and understanding to its leaders, government and officials. I wish that all religions live in equality and tolerance without discrimination and discrimination. Second, God's Word says, "That every man may come to salvation." So I pray for everyone to be saved. For this is God's will. I pray especially for my biological mother because my third mother is not saved. Fourth, I always pray for my children and my family. 

Source: Chapter Magazine, January 2003