Great and little dreams...
Sunday, February
22 is the first Sunday of Lent: a time strongly experienced here in Africa.
It’s the time of preparation for catechumens in order to be baptized on the
solemn Easter Vigil. Once celebrated the Eucharist we leave the church and, on
the forecourt, military maneuvers, kind of, begin: today Scouts celebrate the Anniversary
of the foundation. About sixty boys and girls renew Scout’s promise. A colorful
celebration complete with uniforms, flags, songs and ... a few tears of
emotion! On Monday afternoon I take Paul Silvestro at school. Today he is going
to give his first lesson to the students of third and fifth grade of High
School. Topic: marketing and enterprise. Basically a lesson a bit magic to help
them dreaming, to make of a crisis an opportunity , able to tell stories about a great people who strongly
trust in the future and firmly work for the future, changing a dream into a
springboard for a reality even more beautiful . Our volunteers (Mario, Maurizio
and Paolo) proceed in their work, despite the sun, dust and also the lack of
water (the pump got crazy and does not work as it should). The preparation work
is almost done, and now they can move on with the installation of solar panels.
Meanwhile I devote myself to the assembly and installation of another dream: a
printer to create a newspaper at least at the parish level in order to give an
opportunity to read, to get informed and for so much needed formation.
Thanks to those
who helped accomplishing another dream!
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