Manuela, our ex volunteer in East Timor, is back home again. She writes: "In fact, the return to Portugal has been very difficult to me. (…) And in this constant inner fight, between the dreams and the reality, I spent the last weeks trying to re-discover the little pleasures of the life in Lisbon. (…) It seems that I have Timor marked in my soul, and the smile of the children, the serenity of the people, the beauty of the landscapes will always accompany me."

Spring edition of our Newsletter: “Dominican Preachers of Grace in Indonesia”, is the title of the Editorial. Amy VandenZanden, our new volunteer in Congo, writes: “I very concretely feel that there is nowhere else I should be than here right now, and am constantly amazed by this. After a week, I am still waiting for the other shoe to drop... Every day I feel surprised and blessed that the community has welcomed me, so inexperienced and untrained in many ways, with such open arms and loving hearts. I suppose this is what the journey is about, after all...”

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Virtual Lenten 'retreat': daily Scriptural reflections and videos. We received from our ex volunteer Paul Lew (now a Dominican friar of the English Province) this news about a new website to feed our Dominican reflection during this Lent.

Amy, DVI volunteer from USA to Congo, writes after her first week of mission with the Dominican Sisters in Kinshasa: "I have now been in the community for a full week, and could probably talk your ear off for an hour about what is going on! My picture of an urban living situation, somewhere on the 6th floor of a slum high-rise downtown was blown to pieces as we drove partway into the city after the airport, and then veered off due west and drove into the foothills far on the outskirts of Kinshasa."

DVI Special Bulletin for the Dominican Jubilee: this is our contribution to link Dominican Volunteers International and Dominic, Preacher of God. What does this mean for Dominican Volunteers International?

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