For one thing, as Rev. Roberts well put it , it is “Coming Home” and/or “Going Home”to African American. It is a Search for Roots!! It is a Search for Identity!! To them, it is more that an “investing” their Good Will . Hence we should be able to handled diplomatically, delicately, with Respect it deserves. A Search for identity is One of the Hardest assignments that one can ever undertake.

Ethiopians,I believe, can express this Proactively. Ethiopian and Ethio-Americans who reside in the USA can visit this 200 year old Church in Harlem and try to be part of its Fabric. I do that whenever I am in New York. Ever since I have been here. This will be one way of appreciations.

It also reminded me of the Late , that Gentle Giant, Abané Yishaq. He wanted to open a Big Ethiopian Tent for the African Diaspora. His primary focus was on Jamiacca but it was to have been a Starting Point for the Long Journey He Dreamed. He wanted to Hag and Bless all the African in the Diaspora.

I am grateful for all those who are behind the Abi-Fund. And Rev Edwards is an articulate young Man
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