Preface: My apologies for missing last night’s blog. Long day yesterday. Hopefully, after reading this entry, you will understand why my head hit the pillow right when I got back to the house!
Yesterday, I traveled to the village of Msanga with Fr. Michael. Fr. Michael is a pretty interesting guy. He grew up in Vietnam, moved with his family to Southern California, and has since devoted his life to helping the people of East Africa, arguably the world’s most vulnerable population. Aside from single-handedly keeping the Ndolelejii mission afloat, Fr. Michael is also responsible for the parishes’ 14 outstations (outstations are smaller churches that hold services for people who would normally be unable to attend Mass). Thus, Fr. Michael certainly has a difficult job. With that being said, I had no idea how hard his job was until yesterday, when we made a surprise visit to the house of...The Adulterer.
As we approached this fine gentleman’s humble abode, I noticed the sky begin to darken with ominous looking clouds. We got out of the car, and the Adulterer greeted us with a warm smile across his face. Attempting to not judge him based on gossip alone, I shook his hand politely. As soon as I let go from the handshake, a procession of kids followed that would make Antonio Cromartie, the Octomom, and John & Kate Gosselin all look like nominees for parents of the year! According to Fr. Michael, the adulterer had 5 children with his wife and 2 others with his acquaintance.
All in all, Fr. Michael seemed satisfied with the results from their initial meeting. He mentioned that the adulterer wanted to work things out with his wife, and she was graciously willing to abide (FYI: Women don’t exactly have an equal playing field over here…please refrain from any title IX jokes..Thanks!). Nevertheless, there’s still a lot of work to do and we will all remain cautiously optimistic!
-Sean
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