A touching story is told about an expatriate
missionary priest who lived for a long time in a remote part of Tanzania. He
lived alone, a single white man among his African flock. One day a British
government official arrived on a tour of the area. All the African children ran
out to welcome the visitor. They clapped and danced. After the official left,
the children excitedly told the missionary priest, "We saw a white man! We saw a
white man!" A few children said that the visitor was the first foreigner they
had ever seen. The priest was amazed and exclaimed, "But I’m a white man. I’m a
foreigner. I’ve been living here with you all these years." One of the children
said, "You’re not a white man; you’re our Father."