Marie-Valentine D'HOOP De SYNGHEM 


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I was at the Mission for 4 months during the fall of 2019; I was welcomed at Sainte Therese of the Child Jesus Mission like into a family. The Mission is well structured as about 60 Gabonese work there every day in vibrant activity, so our “immersion” was complete. Between the bakery, the carpentry shop, the sewing workshop, the different construction sites, the clinic, the school, the Maria Bambina Orphanage, one can never get bored and there is activities for all taste and skills. As to me, I firstly helped at the clinic, welcoming the patients and translating for an English doctor. Later I worked on an internet site to allow children from the Mission school to be sponsored; and I took care of the girls at the orphanage during the weekends. I have only one regret: to have left the Mission so soon. 

Marie-Valentine D'HOOP De SYNGHEM