Diary
Here is the diary over these few last days.
Friday: the general meeting of the village schools
The opening of the village schools (9 elementary schools, 6 nursery schools, for more than 2,000 children) along with a large meeting of the General Assembly, which brought together the village leaders, the parents, and all the teachers. In this meeting we took stock of the situation, and we prepared the reopening of the schools for Monday 26 September.
Saturday: Bayanga Didi
It has now been a month since we placed the tabernacle with Jesus in the Eucharist in Bayanga Didi, and I promised that I would come at least once a month to celebrate Mass. So Saturday morning I left around 5.30am. It rained all night, and the road was horrible. However, I arrived in Bayanga Didi, 80 km away, around 8.30am.
The church was clean, and the presence of the Eucharist began to bear its first fruits. I confessed, celebrated Mass, and I visited some of the sick. As I went back to the chapel, I saw three children, and I discovered that they were twins, in good health, beautiful and lively!
I returned to Baoro in the evening and got ready for the following day.
Sunday: Barka Bongo, and Bangui
Like every Sunday, I go to a village to meet people and celebrate Mass. Today I'm in Barka Bongo, about 40km away.
After the celebration I left for Bangui, together with 2 carpenters, and other people (we were 7 in the car, with lots of supplies!). We travel in the rain, and arrived at the Carmel convent around 7 pm.
Sunday to Wednesday we stayed in Bangui.
On Monday morning we began the laying of the window frames of the new convent. I worked together with the 2 carpenters of Baoro (Patriot and Louis), with André, all doing the convent, and a couple of young Carmelite students. Between Monday and Tuesday morning we were able to fix 29 looms: all those that we can put in the already covered areas of the ground floor. Tuesday afternoon was dedicated to the site meeting with the contractor.
Reinforcements for the Mission arrived in Bangui: between Igor Joffin, French, and Father Juan Diaz Quintana from Bolivia. Friar Igor will be with us for a year, while Fr Juan should stay longer. Fr Juan heard about our mission in Bozoum through one of his parishioners in Oviedo, Spain, via my blog! Small world!
I left with them on Wednesday around 10:30am, and we arrived in Baoro in the evening. Today, Thursday 22 September, Fr Juan and Bro Igor left for Bozoum, where they will live and work in the coming months.
Here is the diary over these few last days.
Friday: the general meeting of the village schools
The opening of the village schools (9 elementary schools, 6 nursery schools, for more than 2,000 children) along with a large meeting of the General Assembly, which brought together the village leaders, the parents, and all the teachers. In this meeting we took stock of the situation, and we prepared the reopening of the schools for Monday 26 September.
Saturday: Bayanga Didi
It has now been a month since we placed the tabernacle with Jesus in the Eucharist in Bayanga Didi, and I promised that I would come at least once a month to celebrate Mass. So Saturday morning I left around 5.30am. It rained all night, and the road was horrible. However, I arrived in Bayanga Didi, 80 km away, around 8.30am.
The church was clean, and the presence of the Eucharist began to bear its first fruits. I confessed, celebrated Mass, and I visited some of the sick. As I went back to the chapel, I saw three children, and I discovered that they were twins, in good health, beautiful and lively!
I returned to Baoro in the evening and got ready for the following day.
Sunday: Barka Bongo, and Bangui
Like every Sunday, I go to a village to meet people and celebrate Mass. Today I'm in Barka Bongo, about 40km away.
After the celebration I left for Bangui, together with 2 carpenters, and other people (we were 7 in the car, with lots of supplies!). We travel in the rain, and arrived at the Carmel convent around 7 pm.
Sunday to Wednesday we stayed in Bangui.
On Monday morning we began the laying of the window frames of the new convent. I worked together with the 2 carpenters of Baoro (Patriot and Louis), with André, all doing the convent, and a couple of young Carmelite students. Between Monday and Tuesday morning we were able to fix 29 looms: all those that we can put in the already covered areas of the ground floor. Tuesday afternoon was dedicated to the site meeting with the contractor.
Reinforcements for the Mission arrived in Bangui: between Igor Joffin, French, and Father Juan Diaz Quintana from Bolivia. Friar Igor will be with us for a year, while Fr Juan should stay longer. Fr Juan heard about our mission in Bozoum through one of his parishioners in Oviedo, Spain, via my blog! Small world!
I left with them on Wednesday around 10:30am, and we arrived in Baoro in the evening. Today, Thursday 22 September, Fr Juan and Bro Igor left for Bozoum, where they will live and work in the coming months.
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| Tre gemelli trois jumeaux |
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| Riunione per l'inizio scuole dei villaggi AG pour l'ouverture des Evoles villageoises |
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| Barka Bongo |
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| La posa dei telai delle finestre a Bangui Pose de cadres des fenetres à Bangui |
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