FROM A POND OF PIRANHAS INTO A SWAMP OF CROCODILES
Photo Internet Running away from Honduras towards the USA For more than 60 years, we, the missionaries of the SME, have walked along with the people of Honduras. With a straw hat on our heads and a machete in our hands, we have walked at their side, riding on mules, by foot, by motorcycle, by jeep…In the oppressive heat, in spite of malaria, the amoeba, and other details, we have overcome the mountains, opened roads, built schools, dug water wells . Through radio and other means, we have transmitted basic knowledge that allowed to shake fear, resignation, the feeling of helplessness. From the religious faith of that beloved people, a sincere faith but often paralyzing, we have made a motor of awakening, of hope and of dynamism so as to walk together towards a better world. We worked tirelessly at the formation of thousands of humble agents of social and ecclesial transformation. Some of us were at the heart of a movement that led a good number of families grap...