Whoever protects the poor, will be amply rewarded at the divine court

Don Bosco 

 We started October, the month of the Missions and the Holy Rosary.

Let's offer the testimonies of the missioners in Asia and pray for their families, their own countries and the apostolate that they do in their communities.

Brother Fitwi, a young missionary from Ethiopia to the Courts of Angkor 

Brother Fitwi Kahassay Adumer is a young Salesian missionary, who just come to Asia from Africa. He was born on June 17, 1982 in Irrob - Tigray region, north of Ethiopia. His parents are Mr. Kahassay, who died in 2000, and his mother is Fisheha, who lives in Irrob. He is the sixth child of seven siblings. 

'I felt that it was a call from God, He wants me to go to the missions. I understood through the dialog with my superiors. I did not want to go to any particular place, so I offered myself for any place in the world, wherever they need me in the mission. The superiors led me through the process,' he said. 

'Six of them were from Africa (Rwanda, Cameroon, Kenya, Ethiopia...) The course was about culture, mission, Salesian life in the mission, etc. It was wonderful to see the places of Don Bosco in Turin. Everything was theory for me before, but now I saw it as the reality, practical things. I understood that Don Bosco is a practical and a holy person. Having seen all these places showed me that... I knew before from Ethiopia that my destination was Cambodia. I checked to the Internet about this Asian country, but I did not know too much about. I was happy.'

'Belonging means giving responsibility and holding young people to account. It is also building friendship that will last to their life...' 

The Salesian Mission of Cambodia welcomes Brother Fitwi Kahassay, now assigned to Don Bosco Poipet and we manifest our happiness for his presence among us.