Our dear friend and host in Zambia!

Brother Tony Droll has been living as a missionary in Zambia for 44 years. The Franciscan mission and retreat center where he lives and works is in Kitwe. We were fortunate enough to spend quite a bit of time at the mission and we were welcomed with open arms by all of the people there. It is a peaceful and lovely place.

Brother Tony planned our trip and hosted all of us while we were in Zambia. I will never forget how incredibly generous he was, and continues to be, not only with his faith, time and knowledge, but also by sharing with us his life in Zambia. He introduced us to some of the children and families he works with, showed us the school he tirelessly dedicates his time to and as we traveled all over, taught us about African culture and about the amazing wildlife we saw on safari.

I cannot begin to express my gratitude to Brother Tony for all he's done and continues to teach us, about humility, compassion, dedication, selflessness. When I look back fondly on the time we spent in Africa, he is at the center of and the reason for all of the special and memorable experiences we had there.

Bro. Tony with students from the St. Francis School

Above is a photo from the Franciscans web site of Brother Tony with a group of the students. The link to the Franciscans web site is below.

http://www.franciscans.org/FriarTonyDrollinZambia.cfm