Silence...

 

p.Cipriano ora
P.Cipriano aujourd'hui

 

Silence...

Sorry for the silence, but from Sunday, June 6th we were without a telephone and without internet. Suddenly the 2 telephone networks of Baoro shut down. One of the 2 (Orange) has not yet been re-established. Unfortunately it is the most widespread network, and through which we have our internet connection ...

It's been 10 days since everything has been disconnected. We hope that in a few days, or in a few weeks... the network will be re-established.

In the meantime, you can do without it! And life goes on!

Saturday and Sunday the 6th of June I went to Bocaranga for a special occasion. Father Cipriano Vigo, Capuchin, celebrated 61 years of mission work in Central Africa! He arrived here in 1960, when Central Africa was born, with their independence just achieved. He worked a lot then, and still continues to work now!

The journey (210 km from Baoro) went well. But the tension remains high. At one point a mine was also reported… But the joy of being close to a brother makes us forget many things!

This weekend I dedicated myself to visiting the most distant villages. I left on Thursday morning and returned on Sunday afternoon. I mainly dedicated myself to preparing baptisms in the villages of Yoro, Bayanga Didi and Sinaforo. But there I also had time to repair a pump, visit and advise some of the sick, and all of this on roads that were rather impassable...

Sunday morning I left around 6:30am from Yoro for Sinaforo (a good half hour, for 7 km). Here the church is a canopy covered by some metal sheets (obtained from petrol cans). Just as I am about to start Mass, the rain started. Fortunately, it rained very little in the chapel!

It was a very, very beautiful liturgy. We celebrated 9 baptisms, 2 first communions and a wedding. Despite the rain, there was a lot of partying in that hut!

I then left at 1pm, and I was afraid of not being able to arrive, precisely because of the road conditions.

At 3 pm I finally arrived in Baoro.

Where the blackout continues, and will continue for a few days (or a few weeks!).

P.Cipriano en 1960
P.Cipriano en 1960

Bayanga Didi

Sinaforo