Much closer to home than the previous locations, Cukko (prounounced Cucho) offered me a church to preach in. Again, it was packed to capacity, and although there were people from all age groups (they sit in age brackets!), I was pleased to see a lot of youth present. I spoke to them about getting out of the boat if they wanted to walk on water after the mass that followed my session.
One of the blessings of this particular has been to participate in mass twice a day! We'd attend mass at the "home" church in Dongora after we had finished the Divine Office, and then again after each session. On one occasion, we were blessed to have mass concelebrated in English by the three resident priests, with only the three of us in attendance, along with Sr. Christine.
The three priests were inspirational. They were all Italians who were resident in Ethiopia for much of their lives. Fr. Bruno, the oldest had been there for 65 years, Fr. Joseph for 45 and Fr. Paulos for 25. We were all so blessed to be with them, true missionaries!
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