Message of fr. Celso from Italy

11.08.11 (Feast of St. Clare of Assisi)

My dear friends,

I am writing these few lines from Italy where I’ve been since the end of July. I should really have been in my mission in Guinea Bissau at this time rather than here. The cause of this is because of my health: I got an unknown fever for ten days or so that would not go away. The doctor advised me to come to Italy to the Don Calabria Hospital at Negrar (Verona) which has a wing dedicated to tropical diseases. Thanks be to God that after two days there they discovered the virus that produces this fever and after 8 days I was out of hospital. I will have to return to Guinea in September if all goes well.