Well in Kuna
Yala right now we are celebrating the month of the iguana or more
commonly known as the month of Revolution. This means
everyone is just especially more patriotic for their history. Patriotic for all
the mistreatment they encountered, for all the territory stolen from them, and for
the people who died fighting for their freedom. Which has been fun for us,
because everyone has been hanging up their revolution flags everywhere and are
more willing to give us a little food here and there. The 23rd and 24th
mark the days of battle where they caused a big enough commotion that by the
25th they won their independence and signed a peace treaty. A peace
treaty marking San Blas as an official territory.
However, the
only downside to being a missionary out here, is everyone is very busy
preparing for revolution reenactments, community lunch, or chicha fuerte. Which
means this week has been a little bit harder to proselyte. Next week people
should be coming back in to start school, so that should be better. Regardless
we still had a baptism of a young man in Ogopsukun this week. That always makes
everything feel like the work is progressing.
I guess I
forgot to send pictures of a lot of things. Below is a very common dish called
Dule Massi (Kuna Food). They eat it almost daily. It’s basically their
PB&J. It either consists of Plantain (Green Banana) or Yuka Soup with a side
of chicken or fish to accompany the dish. Also, we had a Polish tourist that
was interested in what we did here as missionaries. He also gave me a few
of his pictures; thanks Jan.
