A YOUNG MOTHER -ONE OF SEVERAL
Not long after her first child was born, Mama Marie and the Simbo Family moved to Marampa in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone as Pas Simbo changed jobs. Eventually, the family settled in Freetown, the capital of the country.
Soon she was one of 4 wives that were legally married to Pa Simbo. InĀ a typical polygamous home like that there are lots of jealousies and discontentment, but in the Simbo household there was extraordinary unity and peace and the only way you could tell which child belonged to which mother was by facial resemblances.
Mama Maried loved Jesus from a young age and she passed that on to all her children, going out of her way to instruct us on how to behave and act towards those who were older than us. Through many difficulties, her faith deepened and though she was not literate, she embodied Biblical principles and behavior in very exemplary way.