I met sister Emmanuelle when I was 15 / Eu conhecí a irmã Emmanuelle no Cairo

These hands have worked with the “zabbaleen” in Cairo. I was studying at the Sacred Heart and Sister Emmanuelle was invited to talk about her work living among the people who take care of our garbage, our dejects, the stinky and what we consider useless stuff of our day-to-day lifes.

She told us, at the time she was 63 that she used to be vulnerable to diseases before joining these hard workers. After she lived among them she discovered that she was so strong! She died these past weeks at the age of 99. ADIEU!

Quando a vi, sorridente, cheia de energia na idade de 63 anos… e vivendo ha muito tempo com os lixeiros e suas familias, alfabetizando, convivendo com elas nas difíceis condições de vida com fé no coração, eu  disse para mim mesma: qué mulher! cómo ela consegue?

Ela nos contava que, antes de morar nas favelas de lixo acumulado, ela adoecía frequentemente na terra natal França, más desde que morava entre ratos e lixo havía percebido o quanto ela era resistente!

Faleceu semana retrasada aos 99 anos. OBRIGADA pelo exemplo de vida e pelo seu amor dado as crianças egipcias.