She herself is unaware of how she managed. The fact is, Émerence runs a soft and alcoholic drinks shop in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Business is doing well as to revenues, expenses, income and gains. Émerence thus began to familiarise with these terms and saw her business grow day by day in absolute transparency with suppliers and clients, and also with the tax bureau. The drive engine of all this is the Economy of Communion (EoC) from which she learned that people come before profits and that as a business woman her focus should not be money but the poor. She thus decided to invest the profits for the benefit of the poor and opened another snack bar also for the poor – who often do not have kitchens or cutlery – and where they can buy cheap ready-to-eat foodstuffs. This business certainly did not help in raising her capital, but the opposite. But like all entrepreneurs who join the EoC project, also Émerence knows she can count on the ”invisible” partner – divine Providence. In four years, without having ever asked or sought it, two freezers arrived (second hand but in good condition), and so did two stabilizers for electricity, 52 chairs and 14 tables,besides a stock of beverages. Her employees are mostly girls at risk or single mothers in whom she places her trust, keeping them updated on the company’s business trend and also on the extraordinary interventions of the ”secret” partner. “Once, Émerence recounts, “I had given away some clothes and food to a single mother. Her mental health at that time was not good but it seemed that she was slowly recovering. She asked to work and so I hired her.” Émerence put her trust in her and taught her the ins and outs of the job, and after two years, not only did the girl fully acquire her equilibrium, she was able to open her own business. The other girls also did the same, and have also become small entrepreneurs of cooked food, and are still in contact with Émerence who is their permanent advisor. The other woman who merits attention is Albertine, also from Kinshasa and mother to six children. Albertine teaches in a nursery school of the Petite Flamme project, a social centre run by the Focolare and financed by AFN’s support from a distance (www.afnonlus.org). “Some years ago – confided Albertine – my husband left the house without any reason and we still do not know where he is.” You can’t imagine how difficult it is for a woman to raise a family of six by herself. As a second job, Albertine decided to sell shoes which she buys thanks to a loan of the social centre where she teaches. “The price of the shoes I sell is not exorbitant and because of this I have God’s blessing!” she affirmed with conviction, and with the income from this activity she manages to pay the rent and the bills. Her children can therefore, continue their studies, and two of them are already in university. “Every day I renew my choice of God and He gives me the strength to go on –Albertine recounted. I try to promote around me the human and social values taught by the Gospel. And in this manner we will be able to transform society.” And if Albertine with her micro shoe business manages to give a decent lifestyle to her kids, recently Emérence saw that her activity had been included in the list of the two big brands of beverage suppliers of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Bralima and Bracongo). This makes us think that the ”invisible” partner is as active as ever.