HELLO, MY NAME IS ERASTO FERNANDO TORRES CARPIO, A XAVERIAN MISSIONARY FROM MEXICO; I AM A XAVERIAN PRIEST WORKING IN THAILAND.
SINCE MY CHILDHOOD, I HAD THE DESIRE TO CONSECRATE MY LIFE TO GOD, SERVING HIM THROUGH HIS PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN NON-CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES.
I JOINED THE XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES IN 2006; I STARTED MY FORMATION AT THE MINOR SEMINARY WITH DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT MY FUTURE; I TRUST IN GOD BY KNOWING THAT I WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN WHAT I CAN OFFER TO HIM. NOWADAYS, THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE
IN 2017 I HAD THE CHANCE TO STUDY IN MANILA MY STUDIES OF THEOLOGY; LATELY; ON NOVEMBER 5, 2020, I HAD MY PERPETUAL VOWS IN THE COMPANY OF MY MISSIONARY FAMILY AND THE PRAYERS OF MY FAMILY IN MEXICO AND THE USA.
ON DECEMBER 5, 2021, I WAS ORDAINED DEACON IN THE PHILIPPINES THROUGH THE IMPOSITION OF HANDS AND THE INVOCATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BY BISHOP ROBERTO GA, TOGETHER WITH MY TWO CONFRERES, AUGUSTINE AND PASTEUR. THE BISHOP REMINDS US, "WE ARE A GIFT TO THE CHURCH; EVERYTHING WE SAY AND DO IS MARKED BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST.”
AFTER MY DIACONATE ORDINATION, I WENT BACK TO MEXICO TO BE ORDAINED PRIEST ON AUGUST 5 WITH MY CONFRERES ROBERTO AND ENEDINO BY THE HANDS OF BISHOP FIDENCIO LÓPEZ PLAZA, WHO REMINDS THE SOURCE OF OUR CHARISM “TO MAKE THE WORLD A SINGLE FAMILY” TO GO TO THE WHOLE WORLD AND MAKE DISCIPLES. I CANNOT LIVE FOR MYSELF ALONE; WE NEED TO GO OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL, ESPECIALLY TO THE LEAST FORTUNATE IN THE SOCIETY. HAVING ONLY SECURE THE PRESENCE OF GOD. GOING OUT WITH SIMPLICITY AND GOOD TESTIMONY.
ON AUGUST 7, I CELEBRATED MY FIRST MASS IN MY PARISH IN THE COMPANY OF THE XAVERIAN FAMILY, MY CARNAL FAMILY, PARISONERS, AND FRIENDS.
AFTER MY ORDINATION, I CAME TO THAILAND; NOW, I AM LEARNING THE THAI LANGUAGE AND HELPING A LITTLE BIT IN THE APOSTOLATE IN THE SLUM AREAS OF KHLONG TOEY.
I WANT TO INVITE THE YOUNG PEOPLE. IF YOU FEEL THAT CHRIST IS CALLING THEM, DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ANSWER TO HIS CALL; TRUST IN GOD; WITH GOD, WE FIND EVERYTHING.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH9wGorx-E4
Fr. Edgar Nava is a Xaverian Missionary working in Thailand since 2018. He comes from Mexico and he is still studying Thai language. He is currently working in the community of Bangkok.
