Simegn - She is the Cooker

This is  Simegn also known as "the cooker".  What a devoted woman.  She was always at the House of Hope.  We don't know if she actually lived there or was just always there when we were awake.  She was the first to help us with Jericho.  When Tesfu and the little nanny returned from the American Embassy and handed Jericho over to us we found that he was not terribly enthused about getting to know us.  Simegn was the one who took him in her arms walked across the little court yard to the kitchen, got a piece of bread and handed the bread to me and then handed Jericho to us and said "mama, dada, kiss!"  Believe it or not it helped tremendously.  He did not want us until we had something he wanted... bread!   Simegn seemed to be the center of House of Hope.  She greeted us in the morning with breakfast, at noon for our dinner and in the evening for supper.  She kept us from getting sick by carefully washing our food.  She also made us the customary coffee for dinner.  Wonderful stuff!  After serving us (and who knows how many others at the HOH) she roasted coffee beans on a small open fire and prepared coffee like we had never tasted.  It was delicious!  She sat to the side just like you see her here in this picture and served us coffee in small cups.  She was wonderful and such a witness of the love of Christ.  Serving strangers she would never see again with a smile and such willingness.  Never tiring.  Simegn was not weary in well doing and in due season she shall reap a great reward.  In as much as ye have done it unto the least of these, you have done it unto me.- Jesus