{"id":19820,"date":"2024-06-28T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/?p=19820"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T10:22:05","slug":"a-window-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/a-window-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A window to the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A window to the world<\/strong><\/h3><\/h2><\/div>
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I met ASCS in 2014, in Milan, through a missionary journey with PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) proposed to students at the Catholic University. I was in the midst of my undergraduate studies, but it was a gray, uninspiring time. I felt trapped in a feeling of closure, sadness and apathy. <\/span>Lo and behold, a window to the world opened wide for me, to a country full of light, warmth, and color: <\/span>Nampula (in northern Mozambique).<\/b><\/p>\n

I arrived in Africa with no expectations and no clear idea of what I might find and see. I felt ready to watch and listen, trying not to judge (valuable advice from Lucia).<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The two months spent between Nampula and the Maratane refugee camp helped me savor the passing of the hours and the alternation of light and dark that punctuates the days. I realized how beautiful and simultaneously intense the simplicity of living is.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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And I felt welcomed in a land where you are the different one. <\/span>I felt at home, and this is what I wish for everyone who will get to know ASCS. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ten years later I have grown up, married, and become a mother of three children in whom I find the smile, the light and the simplicity of those children who waited for me every morning under a caj\u00f9 tree to take me by the hand and make their way to school together. Because together it is more beautiful and the path ahead seems less difficult.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I thank ASCS for giving me the opportunity to “let myself be taken by the hand” and for opening a window to the world in my heart that has changed my outlook.<\/p>\n

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I wish ASCS to continue to keep this window wide open to give everyone a chance to look out and look far.<\/p>\n

Letizia<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Scopri la Campagna Scintille di Sogni e accendi una luce di futuro, accoglienza e speranza per tutte le persone in movimento.<\/h2><\/div>
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