I am leaving Bangladesh after nine years, not because I want to, but because the government has not granted me a renewal of my permission to be here. With me three other missionaries, two Italian priests and a Filipino nun, will have to leave.
Mixed feelings are what I experience. On the one hand, a deep sadness, because I love this country and I want to continue serving its people. On the other hand, bitterness and anger, since I have not received any explanation as to why the government refused.
I am aware that being a country with a Muslim majority, it is already so much, if compared to other Muslim countries, that I have been able to be here with a missionary visa for all these years. However, I also know that I have not done anything reprehensible, rather, I have tried to serve each and every one of them without distinction of any kind.
I accept this situation in faith as the will of God and I place myself in His hands for whatever is to come.
