Thursday, November 22, 2007

Exceprt of letter from Fr. Michael, January 2004


In the end of November I went out for a nine-day safari and got a young seminarian to take my place in the school for the five days of teaching that I was out. It was a long trip of hours of pedaling daily followed by more hours of pastoral and sacramental work. The rest of December was to finish the school year and prepare for Christmas. The Nativity Celebration was packed with people from all the outside chapels. There was no gift giving other than that of the Christ child.
The bishop came on Dec. 26 and found me out in Adhal Center, where another huge crowd had gathered. He want to another center for the 27th and I to another. On the 28th we went to confirmations in Nyamlell. It was good to have some company for the holidays and to share some wine together. The bishop left on the 30th.
On Jan. 5, we be began the workshop for the catechists of the parish. I divided them into eight centers with eight head catechists and one head of the head. The rest were divided into part-time catechists and the rest were put into a category of prayer leaders. Any change causes lots of commotion in a place that hardly ever changes.

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