Day- 26- Fri.
30/9/16- It is 6:39 in the morning and just got through reading a message we shared
with our readers a year ago yesterday, however, in this case, here is a
message that we would like to share with our readers a year from today.
“September 30th 2017 is three hundred and sixty four days away and that is why
it is hard to say what will happen during the way, but this much we will say,
we the Garifuna People are not far away.”
Day- 27- Sat. 1/10/16- It is 6:39 in the morning and has
been thinking about the departure of Brother Ivan Jamett. Bro. Ivan left La
Buga a few days ago on his way to a new adventure that destiny and faith has
designed for him. The departure of a brother like Ivan has not been easy, we
met the brother nine years and today we have an area in Gangadiwali that we
honor with his name {Ivan’s Area}. We have come to the conclusion that Ivan’s
departure from La Buga is one of those Hard Lessons we have been sharing with
our readers.
Speaking of Hard Lessons, we received a phone call from
Houston Texas a few minutes ago to inform us that my father Pedro Blanco has
made his transition. I first met my dad in 1977, when I was sixteen years old;
therefore it has been thirty nine years of learning. The past fifteen years has
been like the golden years of my life. Pedro Blanco as a human being is one of
the persons that have changed my life for the better.
Day- 30- Tues. 4/10/16- It is 6:32 in the morning and just
got through sharing some “ideas” with Imenigi. The idea has been in the making
for almost seven years and now the date is set for the 2nd November 2016 in
Gangadiwali.
In this case we are building a relationship with the
generations to come. Gangadiwali will be a connection between the past and the
future.
Day-32- Thurs. 6/10/16- It is 4:58 in the morning and have
been thinking about the events that have unfolded in La Buga in the past couple
days. The first public lynching of a person in La Buga is now on the records.
The records should send a strong message to anyone who violets our human rights
and our public safety in La Buga.
On the other hand we were in Gangadiwali yesterday and this
morning we came to the conclusion that Gangadiwali is synonymous with peace and
tranquility. La Buga’s Peace and
Tranquility was violated by a vicious crime on Tuesday 4th October 2016. The
people of La Buga were pushed to their limits and had to take the law into
their own hands. Our peace and
tranquility was robbed by two criminals. One of them was caught by the people
and they decided to take the law into their own hands by setting one of the
criminals on fire.
We were Gangadiwali yesterday to mark an area as a symbol of
unity for the future. Our grandson Diño will be celebrating his eleventh
birthday tomorrow and his Ichari [farm] is ready.
Day- 33- Fri- 7/10/16- It is 5:43 in the morning and we are
thinking about doing something for the first time. This is a thought that was
born from a question we would like to ask our readers this morning. When was
the last time, you did something for the first time?
In search for the common good, our Garifuna Community in Guatemala
has two fundamental challenges intrinsically related. To begin with we are a
part of a state that is so weak and fragile. Guatemala from our point of view
is at the verge of a civil war. La Buga is vulnerable because we have become
contaminated and if something is not done, our grandchildren will pay the
price.
“Education is a key”, has been a concept that we have been
thinking about for quiet sometime and this time we would like to take it to the
next level. It is a challenge for us as a Garifuna Community in Guatemala
because we have fallen short of the expectations of Our Ancestors.
It is hard to believe that a lynching has taken place on the
grounds of La Buga. Our children are walking around with the image of a person
being set on fire on their cell phones.
It is 6:18 in the morning and just got through listening to
the discourse of President Manuel Santos of Colombia on CNN live. He has been
selected for the noble peace prize. In this case, our expectations have been
exceed by a wonderful surprise.
Day-37- Tues. 11/10/16- It is 5:58 in the morning and we are
getting ready for the day. It has been twelve days since the transition of our
Dad in New York and he should be in La Buga at his home today. To make a long
story short, we are looking forward to a moment that might have its connection
deeply rooted in what will unfold in the future. The moment we are looking
forward to is beyond the pain that the present has brought for our family. We
were at our family home last night and could see that the future will be
bright.
Day-38- Wed. 12/10/16- It is 6:43 in the morning and looking
over a message we shared with our readers yesterday that was revealed through
these words, “ To make a long story short, we are looking forward to a moment
that might have its connection deeply rooted in what will unfold in the
future”.
While we were at the family home yesterday we found out that
one of our brother can create the image that is being revealed by the words in
the message from yesterday.
Our father will make his physical departure sometime today
and the images will be a connection with the last moments he had with us from a
physical perspective.
Au- Le
Lúbara Huya
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