The building was completed at end of 2013 and Grand Opening event February 2014. Ras Sadiki-I was present on the dais. Ras Sadiki-I, an artiste/musician originally from Montserrat, was given permission to raise funds exclusively for building a new Temple for the Ark of the Covenant in the ancient Holy City of Aksum, Ethiopia. The new building is necessary because the present Temple of the Tablets housing the Ark of the Covenant is leaking and is in need of other repairs. He has been given full permission from the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawahedo Church (EOTC) with accompanying signed and sealed letter of thanks and endorsement from Church administration of the Aksum region with an English translation. Ras Sadiki-I has engaged The Ethiopian World Federation, Inc. to work alongside him to encourage the membership worldwide to help raise funds to build the new Temple. He also wants to reach out to the Churches in the USA and the Caribbean, as well as Christian and Rastafarian organizations to engage in this holy task. Once the new Temple is built, then the Ark can be moved to the new Temple as no repairs can be done to the older Temple while the Ark of the Covenant resides in the building. The present Temple was built by Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen who also ordained the Ethiopian World Federation, Inc. with headquarters in New York in 1937. Ras Sadiki-I is seeking to raise $500,000 for both projects, of which $147,000 has already been raised and expended (most from Sadiki-I himself); and the foundation, walls and dome have now been almost completed. $100 is needed at this time (March 2013) to complete the Construction of the new Temple. Ras Sadiki-I experienced a unique spiritual journey and became the only person in history known to have been baptized by a Guardian Monk of the Ark of the Covenant. The Guardian Monk has taken him under his wings as a friend and a son. He has a DVD of his spiritual journey and his interaction with different churches and priests as well as contact with Muslim religious leaders in Senegal, which he will share in a fund-raising presentation to your group or church. He also has an edited version available for donations as a part of the fund-raising drive. The Ark of the Covenant is a wooden structure overlaid with gold that God directed Moses to build to house the original tablet of the Ten Commandments and the Mercy Seat as the place he resides on earth (Read Exodus 25). It was used as a guide and protection to clear the way for the Children of Israel as they traversed the desert for 40 years out of bo***ge in Egypt to take possession of the Promised Land. The Ark of the Covenant has been in Ethiopia for the past 3,000 years, transported there by Menelik I, the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. All Ethiopian Orthodox Churches utilize a replica of the Ark of the Covenant (called a tabot) in their holy of holies. It is our belief that everyone who makes a donation – however small – will receive a special blessing. Ras Sadiki-I is writing all donor names in a special book and the Guardian Monk has been asked to pray over each name in front of the Ark of the Covenant. The book will be kept in the Holy of Holies with the Ark of the Covenant. We are thankful that God has guided us to reach out to everyone who reads this message and even moreso those who make a small sacrifice to help in this great service – Building a tabernacle for the Ark of the Covenant. Please share with someone very special to you that you want to receive this blessing too. Ras Sadiki-I's (Jevon White) page is https://facebook.com/sadikionline. We pray to the Most High God that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. This page was created by Sista Gem Askale Mariam, (Bishop G. Eveta Morrison) the President of the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated. Because of the support she offered to help Ras Sadiki-I spread the word to raise funds to build the Temple, God blessed her that she was able to travel to Ethiopia for the first time (taking 3 EWF, Inc. Elders from Jamaica with her) where 2 of them and the very generous Sistren who hosted her in Shashamane all had an opportunity to have a private sit-down audience with the Guardian Monk. Please connect with her page at https://facebook.com/queengem where she shares most of my posts to update the Black Family on issues affecting us. Also like the Ethopian World Federation's pages: facebook.com/ewfheadquarters and facebook.com/ewfinc.
