As I followed the news of the recent canonizations in Rome of now-Saints John Paul II and John XXIII, I saw Tony Melendez perform and reflect on the time he sang for St. John Paul II.
See: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Man-With-No-Arms-Plays-Guitar-With-Feet-at-Catholic-Service-256794331.html
And that reminded me of a seminarian in the English Course taught by Fr. Augustine Senda, SVD. And so, just now, I was facebook messaging with Tony about it and he asked me to send the story to him. And I sent this to him:
I recently returned from a
2-month trip to Indonesia. As a volunteer, my job was to
help seminarians and newly-ordained priests and others practice their
conversational English -- with a native English speaker -- before being
sent worldwide as missionaries. Their order is the Divine Word
Missionaries.
Indonesians LOVE to sing, and do so from birth. Many of them are very
musical -- sing, play guitar, keyboard, midi, and sing in 4-part harmony
easily. So we shared a lot of songs in English as another way of
practicing. One day, one of the seminarians --Argus -- asked me to sing one of
your songs with him. It was one I didn't know. So he
sang it -- impromtpu.
I just wanted to thank you for that moment, and for blessing that
seminarian. Under God's grace and the movement of the Holy Spirit, your
music has made it around the world, even to a remote part of a
developing country in southeast Asia. Blessings to you and your beautiful family and ministry. Praise God
from who all blessings flow.
Joannie the Island Girl/Queen of Sheba
www.songsoflife.co
www.inourmidst.net
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