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| P.Enrico |
Greetings,
rice, schools
Living in a Mission, living in
Bozoum, means people coming and people leaving. The 12 young people of ONG “SIRIRI.ORG”, which arrived on Tuesday,
August 15th, did their best to be ready for their work. Between
Thursday 17th and Saturday 19th, everyone is busy
preparing the great training session, together with 10 Central African
teachers.
And Monday morning they are ready to
begin the Session: there are 244 teachers coming from Bozoum and surrounding villages,
but also from other cities: Bangui, Bossemptele, Baoro, Bouar, Ndim and
Ngaundaye. They are all excited to learn and deepen the new "Learning with fun" method, which
many have already used in the past school year (2016-17). It's nice and
impressive to see the teachers taking part with passion, trying new things,
like singing and playing: all this will be put into practice in many schools in
the next school year.
Sunday afternoon we take the
opportunity to visit the Bozoum rice fields. This year the fields are much more
vast and well-farmed, simply because many have realized that rice can be sold,
and can become source of income for the family.
On Sunday morning, at 8.30 am, we
welcome Father Matteo Pesce, just arrived as a new member of our community of
Bozoum. Presides over the Mass Father Enrico Redaelli, who will leave Bozoum
after three years of work among the villages and the parish, mostly with our
youth. It’s emotional and also a bit sad saying goodbye.
His departure is scheduled for
Thursday, August 24th. It’s raining, so we decide to leave later,
but it’s raining even more until noon. We leave at 1.30 pm, but after 15 km one
of the two cars we travel with, stops. I go back to call the mechanic, who goes
to fix it. He did fix the problem, but are already 4.00 pm. It’s too late to continue
because there are 250 km of unsafe road ahead of us.
We retry on Friday, leaving at 5.30
am, and at 11.00 am we reach Bouar, where the whole community of St. Elia
welcomes us with a little, simple and meaningful ceremony: singing we go towards
the community church, where Father Enrico (new Superior and new Master of
novices) entrusts his ministry to the intercession of the Saints of Carmel. “Saint
Elia” is a young community. Are living there 4 Fathers, 3 Novices, 7 young guys
who will begin the novitiate in a couple of weeks and 3 young postulants who
are approaching the consecrated life.
As you see, many young people, and
much hope. They are the future of the Country, of the Church and of the Carmel Order
in Central Africa Republic.
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| Le risaie di Bozoum une des rizières de Bozoum |
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| Il mercato di Bozoum la marché de Bozoum |
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| Formazione insegnanti |
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| P.Enrico à St Elie |
