A huge thank you (and Happy Mother's Day) to Linda Hall whose hard work, dedication, and love carried this Mission Appeal to its realization - Linda, myself, the brothers, and the whole community of Alto da Esperança cannot thank you enough. May God continue to bless you and your whole family!
Another big thank you to the technical and moral support team: Bill Krautter and David Hall. We had some concerns that the DVD might be a struggle to get working (and definitely ran circles trying to create a working copy), so a big thank you to Bill for seeing the slide-show to the end, even showing up at the parish a few days early to test the equipment!
Here are Bill and Linda smiling (because the technology is working like it should!), it was certainly a day of great joy and happiness as the photographer (and behind the scenes organizer) Mary Ellen Krautter explained to me with high spirits and gladness. It was a very memorable Mother's Day - despite the children being far away.
Of course - the other big heroes were the inspirational parishioners from Ascension Parish in Bastrop Texas whose joy and faith touched the hearts not only of Linda, Bill, Mary Ellen, and David - but the echo of whose generosity is already astounding the brothers here in Salvador. I will begin meeting with Laure tomorrow to take a closer look at our renovation plans - Laure is a French architectural student here in Salvador who has been searching for some way to serve the poor. She has even expressed interest in staying on for a year of mission work in the Favela. With the money raised by these Mission Appeals, we will soon be able to begin work on Mary Magdalene House so that we will be able to provide generous young people like Laure with the opportunity to live and work directly with the community of Alto.
Once again, a huge thank you to Ascension Parish in Bastrop - this is just the beginning - get excited!
God Bless!
Br. Francis Therese Krautter
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