Pater Paul

Truck loads of food have started arriving from the villages. We started with groundnuts . Early December we begin with the purchase of Maize.

Conveying food into the store for storage

MR FRANCIS TORGO IS A BLIND STUDENT UNDER MY CARE LIST; HE GOT ADMISSION TO A TRAINNING COLLEGE IN WA 180KM WEST OF

NAVRONGO. WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE HAVE PAID HIS SCHOOL FEES OF GHC 2,000.00 AND HE HAS SINCE LEFT FOR SCHOOL.

WISHING YOU A PROMISING AUGUST

 It has been some time now since you last heard from me. I am doing very well and by the grace of God I am strong and very busy with my pastoral work which calls me to give thanks to God every day for these many graces he showers on me every day.

It is my prayer that this message finds you swimming happily in the pool of good health and abundant strength to carry out your work.

I just returned from my annual retreat which took place at the diocesan spiritual renewal center. We stayed there in silence for six full days reflecting on the theme THE JOY OF THE PRIESTHOOD. It was very intensed because we spent more time in prayer than listening to the retreat preacher. The retreat preacher made us to understand that failures are part of life but failures should not lead us to despair for the greatest sin is DESPAIR. The joy of the priesthood will be more on appreciating your successes both past and present and being optimistic of the future. In other words we should be people of hope.

Reflecting on my success story I cannot claim any credit to myself but to you who have been the source of support to help me achieve much in the area of the care of the poor and needy.  I know how much you have been behind any success story in my life. In the light of this I want to inform you that I did pray for you deeply and presented your needs to God every day during the Eucharistic celebrations uniting your sacrifices (support) that you sent through me to the poor people with that of Jesus’ sacrifice of himself for God’s blessings to abound in you to enjoy Gods favors throughout your life.

I came home to see most of the crops submerged in water. The rains have hardly started but have been so heavy that the people are beginning to complain because their mud buildings are almost falling and their crops are dying under the water and this again is a cause of worry because most of those living along the rivers have lost everything and are beginning to ask for support in forms of grain to prepare food. This condition has also brought along sickness like diarrhea and malaria as a result of the mosquitoes breeding in the water. I wish we have the technology to harvest all this water for irrigation because in the next three weeks if it doesn’t rain we will begin to face drought. God bless you abundantly. Fr. Paul Kapochina