By Almaz Tekeste
This website is dedicated to the honor of my beloved father Tekeste Habte for his love, honesty, and service to his family and to the people of Eritrea. My father was a very positive person. No matter what the situation is he always smiled. Remembering his smile is always a motivational instrument that makes everybody to smile and to have a happy day. He said all the time “smile, don’t be wrinkle face. If you showed to the world you are worried, the world will be against you so be happy every day. “His mission was to be happy, and to live peaceful and successful life every day.
My father’s love for books was extraordinary. Every morning after he ate his breakfast, he started reading books and taking notes like a student who had an exam. he said that reading a book is like talking with the writer. He enjoyed reading and educating himself more than anything else in his life. He loved to share what he read with the stories from the book narrated with excitement with anybody who is willing to lend him his ear. His book choices were mostly of self-improvement with positive attitude, spiritual ,world history and politics related.
Mr. Tekeste understood the benefit of community service early in his life. When he was a young Teacher he helped many of his students to persist on education. he bought notebooks, pencils, and other school materials to the needy. He was always busy to serve his people. When he reached to the age of retirement I asked him how will you spent retirement time now? He told me that I had a full time job on the streets of Asmara, educating my people. Educating his people is one of his priorities in his life. If you got a chance to talk to him, he loved to talk to you about any constructive idea that is important in improving your life.
My Father took pride in being one of the committee to an orphanage school in Asmara. The name of the orphanage is Fonte-Berhan (meaning Foundations of light). He spent most of his retirement time contributing to the wellbeing of this orphanage and organizing people toward completing the construction of a road project between Adi yakene and meraguz (his home town).
Mr. Tekeste also understood the importance of spiritual growth towards the creation of fulfilled happy life and eternal life. He served many years as a committee at the Kidane Mehret Orthodox church at Mai Temenai, and he encouraged all of us (his children) to attend Sunday School at the Orthodox churches in our neighborhood. He gave us the opportunity to learn the word of God.
As a person Mr. Tekeste was very humane. He had a big heart for forgiveness. I don’t remember seeing him sleeping with an angry mood. Instead he talked his mind, forgave the wrong doing and forgot the incidence instantly. That pleasant personality gave the whole family peace.
In summary, all of my father’s life was filled with lessons to be learned and practices to be emulated. I will leave you with some of the teachable moments in my life as a daughter of this great man. Every summer of my middle school, was spent with my Dad in Massawa. Massawa is a beautiful port city in Eritrea. At this time of his life, He was the head for the Ministry of finance and he lived inside the main port of Massawa. His post would allow him to do some corruption and accumulate wealth. He was honest man and would not do anything of that nature. He preached that honesty is the best policy. I have learned this lesson from him. We used to walk along the coast of the Red Sea (Resi Medri) in the evenings . we talked a lot . He told me that in life there are many choices . He emphasized that, It is better to be honest and have peaceful life than being miserable with wealth accumulated in the wrong way. He chose to be honest and have peaceful life. In one of those evenings, he tried to convince me to stay with him and to continue my education in Massawa. he told me that if you stayed with me in Massawa your brain will be wide like the sea. People who live in the coastal areas have ideas bigger than people who live in non- coastal areas. When one sees the width and depth of the sea the depth and width of his ideas will automatically become bigger. When I came to USA, I wrote him a letter saying that ‘ Dad thank you so much for widening my horizon like the sea and for showing me to be honest and happy, consequently life in America is interesting and not difficult. Thank you.
Finally, I would like to thank to almighty God for fulfilling my Dad’s dreams. My dad’s most precious dreams were to travel the world and to read as many books as possible. I am so happy to see that, all of my Dad’s dreams were achieved and now he is resting in peace, dreams completed. And I thank God for the privilege that gave us the quality time to share with our father.
I love you Dad so much, and I miss your smiling face and your daily enlightening speech.
May God grant him with eternal life!
His Daughter Almaz Tekeste
ሰናይት ተኸስተ
ካብ ጽቡቕ ሽታ ጽቡቕ ስም ይሓይሽ፡
ካብ መዓልቲ ምላድ መዓልቲ ሞት ይበልጽ።” መክብብ 7፡1
ኣነ ሰናይት ተኸስተ መበል 6ቲይ ውሉዱ ንመምህር ተኸስተ ሃብተ እየ፡ ባባን ኣደይን ኣቲ ዝግባእ ኣተኣላልያ ጌሮም ብፍቕሪ ተሳንዮም ኣብነት ኮይኖም የዕብዮምና ፡ ከምዚ ዝበሉ ወለዲ ብምርካብና ምስጋና ንኣምላኽ ይኹኖ።
ብምቕጻል ንባባ ብሕጽር ዝበለ ክገልጾ ተኾይነ ባባ ፈቓር ፥ ፈታዊ ስድራቤቱ ፥ ሕጉስ ፥ ቕኑዕ ፥ ሓቓፊ ኩሉ ስድራቤት ፥ ኩሉ ግዜ ፍሕሹው ዝገጹ ፥ ገጽ ርእዩ ዘየዳሉ ፥ ንኹሉ ሰላም በሃሊ ፥ መዓዲ ፥ ምስ ንእሽቶ ንእሽቶ ፥ ምስ ዓቢ ዓቢ ፥ ዝስራሕ ተሊዎ ንጽባሕ ዘይብል ፥ ምንባብ መጽሓፍቲ ዝፈቱ (መንፈሳዊ ይኹን ስጋዊ) ፡ ኣብዛ ሓጻር ናይ ምድሪ ዕድመና ከመይ ኢልና ንነብር ዘርአየና ዓቢ ኣቦን መምህርን ኔሩ ። ባባ ብዛዕባ ጽባሕ ዘይጭነቕ ኣምላኹ ኣሚኑ በጥ ኢሉ ደቂሱ ዝሓድር ፡ ቁሱን ፡ ዘይሽገር ኣቦ ኔሩ ፡ ክሳብ ግዜ ዕረፍቱ ድማ ግዚኡ ብግቡእ ተጠቂሙሉ ፡ ኣብታ ናይ መወዳእታ ሰዓት ከይተረፈ ንኹልና ምስ ረኣየና ንዑ ደቀይ ስእሊ ንሰኣል ምስ በለና ከመይ ኣምላኽ ረዲእዎ እንዳታሓጎሰ ዓሪፉ፡ እዚ ዓቢ ኣብነት እዩ ንዓና ።
ባባ ንዓይ ኣብ ህይወተይ ብዙሕ ተራ ዝተጻወተ እዩ ፥ ካብ ኣእምሮይ ክርስዖ ዘይክእል ብዙሕ ነገራት ድማ ኣሎኒ ፡ ካብቲ ባባ ዝገብሮ ዝነበረ ፡ ንኹልና ናብ ካልእ ቦታ ክንኸይድ ተኾና ደብዳበ ዓሺጉ ይህበና ኣብታ ቦታ ድማ ክፈትዋ ንበሃል፡ ካብተን ንኣገልግሎት ክኸይድ ከለኹን ንኣሜሪካ ክመጽእ ከለኹ ዝተወሃብክዎ ኣብቲ ደብዳበ ዝረኸብክዎ ምዕዶ ይጠቅመኒ ኣሎ፡ ምኽሩ ስለዝጎደለኒ ባባ ከይጸገብናዮ ካብዛምድሪ ምፍላዩ ይስመዓኒ ፡ ጋለይ ኣቢጋይል ከይተረፈ ምስ ባባን ኣደይን walk ትገብር ስለ ዝነበረት ምስ ዓረፈ no more walking ምስ ኣቦሓጎይ ኢላ ተሰሚዕዋ፡ ናይ ባባ ምፍላይ፡ ቆልዑ ከይተረፉ እቲ ፍቕሩ ልቦም ተንኪፍዎም ፡ ክሳብ ኣብ ሰማይ ንራኸብ ድማ ኣይርስዖን ፥ ከምታ ናቱ ምስ ኩሉ ሰብ ብፍቕሪ ክመላለስ ድማ ጸሎተይ እዩ ።
ካብተን ብዙሓት ሓንቲ ዘይርስዓ ድማ ኣብ ገዛውትና ዘላ ቤተ ክርስትያን ዝገበሮ እዩ ፡ ኩሉ ግዜ ፈልሲ እንዳምጽኣ ብዙሕ ኣግራብ ተኺሉ፡ ንዓኡ ድማ ብግቡእ ማይ የስትዮ ኔሩ፡ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ክረምቲ ከይደ ከለኹ እታ ቤተ ክርስትያን በግራብ ተሸፊና ምስ ረኣኽዋ ንባባ ኣዘኪራትኒ፡ ብጣዕሚ ድማ ተሓጊሰ። ከምኡ’ውን ትምህርቲ ሰንበት ኣብቲ ቀጽሪ ቤተ ክርስትያን መንእሰያት ንመሃር ኔርና ሽዑ ገዛ ክስረሓሎም ኣለዎ ካብቶም ዝበሉ ንኽትስራሕ’ውን ዓቢ ኣበርክቶ ካብቶም ዝገበረ እዩ ኔሩ፡ ብዙሕ ንህዝቢ ዝጠቅም ዝብሎ ብምሉእ ሓይሉ ዘበርከተ ኣቦ እዩ ኔሩ።
ካብ ኩሉ ትገርመኒ ዓባይ ሚስጢር ዘላታ ናይ ባባ ባህሪ ኣብ ብዙሕ ሰብ ዘይትርእዮ፡ ኣብ መገዲ ሰብ ረኺቡ ሓበሻ ይኹን ካልእ ዓሌት ሰላም ከይበለ ኣይከይድን እዩ ፡ እቶም ሰባት ዕድል ተሂቦሞ ድማ ከዕልሎም ኣለዎ፡ እዚ ድማ ካብ ኣምላኽ ዝረኸቦ ጸጋ ኮይኑ ይስመዓኒ እሞ ንኣምላኽ ስብሓት ይኹኖ ፡ ባባ ንዓና ምዒዱ ንደቅና ከይተረፈ ምዒዱ ናይ ምድሪ ዕይኡ ፈጺሙ ከይዱ ፡ ኩሉ ዝገብሮ ዝነበረ ንኣምላኽ ኣሚኑ እዩ፡ ብተግባርን ብግብርን ኣምላኹ ኣኽቢሩን ኣስሚሩን ድማ ናብ ሕቑፊ ኣምላኽ ዐሪፉ። ንሕና ድማ ካብቲ ጽቡቕ ባህሪኡ ተማሂርና ክንጥቀመሉ ኣምላኽ ይሃግዘና፡፡ ኣሜን!
ኣቤል ተኸስተ
እተን መሰረታውያን ኣርባዕተ ባእታታት
ባባ ካብ ግዜ ቍልዕነተይ ኣትሒዙ ዝመሃረኒ ነገር ብዙሕ እኳ እንተነበረ ንምጽማቝ ክጥዕመኒ ግን ኣብዘን ዝስዕባ ኣርባዕተ መሰረታውያን ባእታታት ህይወት ከፊለ ክርእዮ ክፍትን’የ። ንሳተን ድማ፡ ትምህርቲ፡ ንባብ: ቤተ ክርስትያንን፡ ቤተሰብን እየን።
ትምህርቲ፤ ባባ መምህር ከም ምንባሩ መጠን፡ ኣብ ትምህርቲ ዝነበሮ ተገዳስነት ፍሉይ እዩ ነይሩ። “ትምህርቲ፡ ናብ ዓወትን ጽቡቕ ህይወት ንዝወስድ ዝበለጸ መንገዲ’ዩ፡” ኢሉ ይኣምን ድማ ስለ ዝነበረ ድማ ደቍ ኣብ ትምህርቲ ዕዉታት ክንከውን ብዙሕ ጻዕሪ ይገብርለና ምንባሩ ጽቡቕ ገይረ እዝክሮ።
ካብ መዋእለ ህጻናት ጀሚረ ክሳዕ ካብ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተመሪቀ ዝወድእ ብፍሉይ ይከታተለኒ ነይሩ። ንኣሕዋተይን ኣሓተይን’ውን ከምኡ። ሳላ ከምኡ ገይሩ ዝኾስኮሰና ድማ ኹላትና ኣብ ትምህርቲ ተዓዊትና ኢና ክብል እደፍር። ባባ ኣብ ትምህርቲ ዝነበሮ እምነት ሓያል ስለ ዝነበረ እዚ ዕድል ንደቍ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ንዅሉ ቤተሰብ ክባጻሕ’ውን ይጽዕር ነይሩ። ንኣብነት ብዙሓት ካብ ቤተሰብና ካብ ገጠር እናምጽአ ምሳና ኣብ ገዛና ኮይኖም ክማሃሩ ዕድል ይፈጥረሎም ነይሩ።
ንባብ፤ “ንባባ ካብ ኵሉ ፍሉይ መለለይኡ እንታይ ነይሩ፧” ኢለ እንተዝሕተት መጽሓፍ ምንባብ ምበልኩ። ኣብ ምሉእ ዕድመይ ባባ ብዘይ መጽሓፍ ዝራኣክሉ መዓልቲ ኣይፍለጠንን። መጽሓፍ ምንባብ ኣመና ይፈቱ ነይሩ። ኣብ ህይወቱ ድማ ብዙሓት መጻሕፍቲ ኣንቢቡን ዘንበቦ ሰባት ንኸንብቡዎ ሂቡን። እዚ ልምዲ’ዚ ኣብ ደቍ ክሓልፍ ድማ ብዙሕ ይጽዕርን የተባብዕን ነይሩ። ንኣብነት ንዓይ ገይና ንእሽተይ ከለኩ British Library ከምኡውን American Library ክወስደኒ ጀሚሩ። መጻሕፍቲ ብምልቓሕ ድማ ንኸንብብ የተባብዓኒ ነይሩ። ባባ ኣብ ዕድመኡ ምሉእ ኣመና ብዙሕ መጻሕፍቲ ዓዲጉን ንጻሓፍቲ ኣተባቢዑን። ተማሃራይ ኣብ ዝነበርክሉ ግዜ ከኣ ኣብ ኩለን ዝተማሃርኩለን ቤት ትምህርታት ኣባል ኮሚቴ ወለዲ ኮይኑ ዘድሊ ነገራት ይሕግዝ ነይሩ።
ካልእ ብፍሉይ ዝዝክሮ ድማ ኣቦይን ኣደይን፡ ክበጽሑኒ ናብ ክፍለ-ግዝኣት ሜነሶታ ኣብ ዝመጽእሉ መዓልቲ፡ ንጽባሒቱ፡ ኣነን ስራሕ ምስ ኸድኹ፡ ካብ ድቃሱ ድሕሪ ምትንሳእ ናብታ ኣነ ዝነብረላ ከተማ ህዝባዊ ንባብ ኣበይ ከም እትርከብ ሓቲቱ ብእግሩ ብምጕዓዝ በጺሑ ዘድልዬ መጻሕፍቲ ኣዚዙ ተመሊሱ። እታ ቀጻሊ ደስ እትብሎ ዝነበረት ነገር ከኣ፡ ኣነ ካብ ስራሕ ምስ ተመለስኩ ናብታ ቤት ንባብ ክንከይድን ኣብኡ ከነማስይን እንከለና እያ ነይራ።
ካልእ ዓቢ ጦብላሕታ ዝገደፍለይ ከኣ ምንኣሰይ ሓወይ ተመስገን ኣብ ካልኣይ ደረጃ ቤት ትምህርቲ ባርካ ተማሃራይ ኣብ ዝነበረሉ ግዜ፡ ባባ ኣባል ኮሚቴ ወለዲ ኮይኑ ነይሩ። ኣብ መዕጸዊ ዓመት ናይቲ ትምህርቲ፡ ባዕሉ ብዝገበሮ ጻዕሪ፡ካብ ሓደ ቤት ንባብ፡ መጻሕፍቲ ብሓገዝ ብምርካብ ነቶም ናይቲ ዓመት ብሉጻት ተማሃሮ ዝኾኑ፡ ካብ 70 ክፍልታት፡ ካብ ቀዳማይ ስጋብ ሳልሳይ ዝወጽኡ መጻሕፍቲ ሽልማት ከም ዝዋሃብ ገይሩ። ብሓለፍቲ ቤት ትምህርቲ፡ መምህራንን ወለድን ድማ ዓቢ ክብሪ ተዋሂብዎ።
ኣብታ ዝዓበናላ ገዛውትና ማይ ተመናይ፡ ቤት ንባብ ክህልዎ ናይ ወትሩ ሕልሙ እዩ ነይሩ። ሓደ መዓልቲ ድማ ናብቲ ቤት ጽሕፈት ምምሕዳር ከባቢ ማይ ተመናይ ብምኻድ ንኣማሓዳሪት’ቲ ከባቢ ዝነበረት፡ “ነዚ ማይ ተመናይ ዝኸውን ቤት ንባብ ክንሰርሕ ሓሳብ ኣለኒ እሞ፡ መሬት ክወሃበና ዝፍቐድ እንተኾይኑ፡ ኮሚቴ ብምፍጣር ንህዝቢ ማይ ተመናይ ኣኪብና፡ ካብቶም ኣብ ወጻእን ኣብ ሃገርን ዘለው ደቂ ማይ ተመናይ ገንዘብ ኣዋጺእና ቤት ንባብ ክንስርሕ፡” ኢሉ ሓቲትዋ። “መልሲ ሕጂ ክህበኩም ኣይክእልን እየ፡ ክንሓስበሉ ኢና፡” ኢሎም መሊሶሞ። ባባ ድሕሪ ቍሩብ ሳምንታት ዳግማይ ናብቲ ምምሕዳር ከይዱ ምስ ሓተቶም ኣሉታዊ መልሲ እዮም ሂቦሞ። ቤት ንባብ ክስራሕ ከም ዘየፍቕዱ ሓቢሮሞ። እታ ብህዝቢ ተሰሪሓ ንህዝቢ ከተገልግል ኢሉ ዝሓሰባን ተበገሶ ዝወሰደላ ቤት ንባብ ከይተሰርሓት ካብዛ ዓለም ብሞት ተፈልዩና።ባባ ግን ተስፋ ከይቈረጸ መጻሕፍቲ ነቲ ቤት ንባብ ዝኸውን ይእክብ ነይሩ። ሓደ መዓልቲ ግን ኩላትና ደቂ ማይ ተመናይ ነታ ባባ ዘንቐላ ሓሳብ ንነኣሽቱ ወለዶ ደቂ’ቲ ገዛውቲ እተገልግል ቤት ንባብ ከም እንሃንጻ እምንቶ ኣለኒ።
ቤተ ክርስትያን፡ ባባ ከምቲ ኣብ ትምህርቲ ኣብ ቤተ ክርስትያን’ውን ዓቢ ተገዳስነት’ዩ ነይሩዎ። ካብ ህጻንነተይ ጀሚሩ ናብ ቤት ኣምላኽ ንኽኸይድ መንገዲ ኣትሒዙኒ። በዚ ከኣ ካብ ንእስነተይ ኣትሒዘ ቃል ኣምላኽ እናተማሃርኩ በታ ዘርኣይኒ መንገዲ ህይወትን ድሕነትን ብምሓዝ ኣብ ቤተ ክርስቲያን እናተመላለስኩ ዓብየ። እዚ ድማ ኣብ ህይወተይ እቲ ዝበለጸን ዝዓበየ ህያብ’ዩ።
ባባ፡ ኣብ ገዛውትና ዝርከብ ቤተ ክርስትያን፡ ሰበኻ ጉባኤ ኮይኑ ኣገልጊሉ እዩ። ኣብቲ ቤተ ክርስትያን ብብዓመቱ ፈልሲ ገረብ ብምምጻእ ይተኽለሉ ነይሩ። ኣነ፡ ሓወይ፡ ቤተሰብን ደቂ ገዛውትናን ኣብ ምትኻል ፈልስን ምስታይ ማይን ንገለ ዓመታት ተዋሲእና ኢና። “ሓደ መዓልቲ ክትርእይዎ ኢኹም እዚ ቤተ ክርስትያን ብኣግራብ ዝተሸፈነ ክኸውን እዩ፡” ይብለና ነይሩ።
ኣብ መጀመርያ ተስዓታት ዝተተኽለ ፈልሲ፡ ኣብዚ እዋን ዓብዩ ነታ ቤተ ክርስትያን ግርማ ሂብዋ ኣብ ትሕቲ ገረብ ኮፍ መበሊ ተሰሪሕዎ፥ ኣመንቲ ድማ ኣብ ትሕቲ እቲ ገረብ ኣጽሊሎም ጸሎቶም ናብ ኣምላኸ የብጽሑን ይማሃሩን ኣለዉ።
ቤተሰብ፥ ካልእ ካብቲ ባባ ብቐጻሊዝምዕደንን ዝመክኽረንን ዝነበረ ምስጢራት ህይወት ኣገዳስነት ቤተሰብ’ዩ። ኣነ ምስ ኣሕዋተይን ኣሓተይን ብፍቕርን ሓልዮትን ክማላለስን ክነብርን ይምዕደኒ ነይሩ። ምምዓድ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ብግብሪ’ውን የርእየኒ ነይሩ።ባባ ምስ ኣሕዋቱ፡ ቤተሰቡን ጎረባብቲን ጥቡቕ ዝኾነ ፍቕሪ ነይሩዎ። ሓደ ካብቲ ፍሉይ መለለዪ ገዛና ዝነበረ ኣቦይን ኣደይን ካብታ ሓዳር ዝጀመሩላ ግዜ ኣትሒዞም ገዝኦም ንኹሎም ኣዝማድን ቤተሰብን ርሑው እዩ ነይሩ። ከም ውጺኢቱ ድማ ብዙሓት ኣዝማድና ኣብ ገዛና ብምንባር ትምህርቶም ተማሂሮም ስርሖም ሒዞም። ባባ ምስ ኩሉም የሕዋቱን ስድራ ቤት ንብፍቕርን ሓጉስን’ዩ የሕሊፍዎ። ባባ ብኩዅሎም ስድራቤቱ፡ ኣዝማዱን ጉረባብቱን ኣመና ፍትው እዩ ኔሩ። ንዓና ንደቁን ስድራቤቱን ዓቢ ኣብነት ኮይኑ ኩላትና የሕዋት ተፋቂርና ክንነብር ድማ ኣብነት ኮይኑና ሓሊፉ።
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