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June 30, 2004

Dear My son ! How are you? Thanks to God I am fine. How are you handling the loneliness? Did you find any one you know? I am sure you will find some people you know. How is your mother? Have you heard anything from her? Robel you are my only hope. You should take care of yourself.
Too much worry hurts a lot. I can sense from your letter that you are worried so much. You can't do anything at this time and as much as you can, you should take
care of yourself. Your sister also send me letter from time to time she is also doing fine. It is sad for all of us to see our family spread all over the world. However, at this moment our
priority should be to stay alive and safe.

I heard from your sister Alemtsehay recently, even if it is difficult to get news from Yemen. She is trying to go to Europe for resettlement through refugee agency. I hope she will succeed.
I want both of you to communicate frequently, you have to support each other emotionally. Although the situation in Asmara is so ugly, I got used to it. From time to
 time I am adopting to the situation, They call us all kinds of names. It is sad but we all hope that this time will also pass. There are no young men in the City. Forced
conscription has continued. Youngsters are taken to Sawa, a military trainning camp. So many churches have also been closed recently many followers flee to neighboring
countries for fear of being caught worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ.

I hope your mother is doing OK you guys are my only way of communication to your mother so as much as you can please let me know how she is doing. What
has happened to our family is sad but we do not know in what way our God will answer our prayer.

May we meet in peace. I will await your next letter.

Your loving Father Haddis


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I certify that I am fluent in both the Amharic and English languages and that I am competent to translate this document. I have translated 
the attached document completely and accurately from Amharic to English to the best of my abilities on july 20, 2004

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