Mid-August in Baoro
Mid-August in Baoro
Mid-August… alternate!
These
past few days I have taken advantage of the August 15 celebration to go
to the most distant villages: Bayanga Didi, Yoro and Sinaforo.
When
I get to there, I sleep in Yoro or Bayanga Didi, where there is a room
behind the church. A little sparse, but at least there is a roof, which
is particularly useful in this rainy season!
I also had a little
bit of adventure, and met lots of people! Thank God I didn't encounter
the rebels, or any big animals (a few days ago a buffalo killed a woman
in the fields!). I only had one issue, a hole in my tire on the way
back, and the encounter with a magnificent flower, a Protea, an almost
unique specimen in the sea of vegetation that accompanies this rainy
season.
The streets are getting worse and worse: the water turns
them into streams, with large puddles. It took almost 3 hours to get to
Bayanga Didi, which is only 80km away.
I left on Saturday: which was a smart start. There were only a couple of cars on the road with me, and that's all the traffic!
I
arrived in Bayanga Didi in the evening, and I set up the screening of
the film. This time it was "The Ten Commandments", from 1956! We had
almost the whole village attend!
On Sunday we celebrated Mass,
and the church was full. Today they also bring the firstfruits of the
crops, and I blessed these fruits of labour.
In the afternoon I
moved to Yoro. Here too I screened the film. The night passed quietly,
with a little rain. But at 7 it stopped raining, and I set off on foot
for Sinaforo, a small village 7-8 km from Yoro. The road has now become a
path, in the middle of the tall grass. I arrived in Sinaforo after
about an hour's walk, and I meet the catechist and the village, and
after the confessions I celebrated Mass in the chapel, made of earthen
bricks, and with the roof of old metal sheets.
The sky is dark,
but it's not raining, and after Mass I left for Yoro, where in the
evening we watched the second part of the film.
Tuesday morning
was the feast of the Assumption. I made a few confessions, and then I
celebrated Mass, but there weren't as many people. Many people took
advantage of the fact that it didn't rain to go to the fields for the
first crops.
I returned to Baoro in the early afternoon, and on
Wednesday I left for Bossemptele, 92km away, where the second teacher
training, organized by Siriri, is taking place. There are more than 90
teachers here, most of whom come from Bozoum.
Happy mid-August!
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Gli insegnanti in formazione a Baoro
Les enseignants en formation à Baoro
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Bayanga Didi
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| Sinaforo |
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In cammino verso Sinaforo
En chemin vers Sinaforo
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Formazione insegnanti a Bossemptele
Formation des enseignants à Bossemptele
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