Senegal and
Kenia: the return
Friday November
10th, after three whole days of meetings with the Carmelite brothers of the
francophone Africa, we left Kaolack to Dakar.
We stopped at
the Benedictine Abbey of Koeur Moussa, founded in 1961. Here there is a
successful example of the enculturation of the liturgy, with the singing
accompanied by the Kora, a traditional instrument made with a big pumpkin. We
celebrated Mass with the whole Benedictine community which then welcomed us for
lunch. After the Vespers celebrated in the monastery of our Carmelite
sisters of Sebhikotane, we went to Dakar
to spend the night.
Father Saverio
left during the night and I have taken advantage of Saturday morning to meet
with some of my former seminarians and students who live and study here: Junior
and Evariste Yekatom, Tite Wratchet, Prince Gbae, Saintete. It was a very
beautiful moment.
Saturday
afternoon I left Dakar. The journey lasts approximately ten hours. When I
arrived in Nairobi, surprise! The flight to Bangui first was delayed two times
and then was canceled. So Kenya Airways put us in a beautiful hotel and after
half a day of rest I was able to leave on Monday morning towards Bangui, where
I arrived at 8:40. Here I met with Enrico Massone who just arrived for a 10
days stay.
On Monday we
started to organize two important projects at Bangui Carmel: the tidying up of
a house for the Indian Sisters CMC and the place for the construction of bricks
with the Hydraform machine that we purchased in South Africa. On Tuersday morning
I went back to Bozoum, where I arrived at approx. Noon. Finally at home!
Wednesday afternoon I went to Konkere, a small village at about 30 Km. from
Bozoum, where we are making a water well, right close to the school that we
have just built.
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| Dakar |
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| Dakar |
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| Nairobi |
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| Nairobi |
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| Pozzo a Konkere Forage à Konkere |
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| La nuova scuola ed il pozzo a Konkere La nouvelle école et le forage à Konkere |
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