Christmas Greetings from the Founding Trustee
Fr. Mario Pacifici

Greetings brothers and sisters in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ!

A few days from today, we are going to celebrate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. And after the Christmas festivities, we shall all be gearing to enter another year, 2009; a year that we expect to live the prospects not as different as the way we have witnessed the ones in 2008. Thus, joy, sorrow, misunderstandings, forgiveness, are all usual happenings among people who are working together as a collective entity.

Celebrating Christmas and the New Year should not only be limited to eating, drinking, and doing all sorts of things for self gratification. Instead, the festivities should be a milestone for achieving the best in one’s life.

As we near the end of the year, it is important to make stock of our lives and see where we have gone astray and need improvement. It is that time when we need to have personal resolutions for next year. Significantly, it is that time we need to forgive and forget the wrongs our neighbours have committed against us. It is that time of reconciliation!

This year, we have had a number of activities. Different projects have taken shape and several others are soon going to be completed. We received numerous volunteers who helped in various projects, monetarily and technically. For this, we thank our friends from Italy and wherever who show the spirit of goodwill. Significantly, we have had changes in the executive team of Andiamo Trust, hoping to bring maximum productivity in all sections at Andiamo youth Cooperative Trust.

Lastly, I wish to encourage each one of us to work very hard in their respective sections in order to achieve maximum production. We have started receiving rains and we hope God is going to bless us and give us abundant rains. With the subsidized fertilizer the project of ‘Get up Stand up’ distributed to the many of us, we hope to yield much harvest.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Padre Mario Pacifici