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Easter without chocolate eggs

Is like pasta without salt, or family gathering without fight. It is nice but something is missing... 26 years in my life, I have been looking for chocolates eggs hidden in the farm, somewhere in the straw balls, in the flowers, on the trees... Well I...

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On the road again again

On the road again again

Wednesday Morning, I am leaving for another “trail trip” (2 weeks planned). This time I won’tgo with all inspectors/coordinator of catholic school, but I’ll go with the Bishop. He is going to do a “pastoral visit” in three parishes. So I join him and...

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Dissertation

On Monday will begin the first exam of the national exam for the end of the secondary school. This first exam is called “dissertation”. Pupils are supposed to receive a subjet like “The death” then they have to speak on it in front of one inspector of...

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6 and half months

... 200 Doxypalu pills taken moskito net has been reimpregnated 3 out of 4 pants broken some kilos more no murder (I was really closed sometimes... but I resisted!) 5 biers and 4 coca cola drunk ... I guess I can continue!

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La courbe de moral du volontaire

We were told during the training we did before going to Africa that in the middle of the assignment we would have a hard time. Well I thought I was strong and I would not be part of this statistic... I’ve already had days where I was exasperate, disappointed,...

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A bit of history

Since the Berlin Conference in 1885, Congo was given to the Belgium king, Leopold 2. He exploited at first this country for its rubber. And a big part of this rubber was found in the equatorial forest, so in the territory of Basankusu. It was done by...

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Some thoughts

During 500km: I did not see and could not have bought a bottle of coke, we met 5 motorcycles, we received 5 monkeys, 500kg of bananas, 25 chickens, 20 ducks, 5 goats and 3 sheeps. (I do not exaggerate any of these figures), I have never been able to see...

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We did the trail

That’s the big news in the diocese! One car did Basankusu – Bolomba! Basankusu – Bolomba was in the time of the colonisation the main road to lead to Mbandaka (main city of the province of Equator) and Kinshasa. This road was built by the inhabitants,...

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There are days

Where you want to believe in miracle! After 15 days cut from all kind of communication, exhausted from trainings I had to give under 35°, bored of the food I had to eat and of the water you always have to be careful before drinking, a priest arrived on...

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