Saturday, January 26, 2013
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Planting and Harvesting Yams
Today my dad
and I had the opportunity to exerience an important part of life here on
the island of Pohnpei: the planting and harvesting of yams. In order to
be a man on the island, three things are required. You must: (1) raise
pigs, (2) grow sakau, and (3) grow yams. So this morning and this
afternoon our dear friends and Pohnpeian family, Welson and Myleen took
us to their land in the municipality of Kitti.
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When we arrived
at their land in the late morning we greeted the family, and then sang
worship songs and had a small Bible study. Myleen's family are new
believers, so we are going through the basics of salvation and
repentance with them, beginning in the book of Mark.
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After this we
got dirty as we planted and harvested yams. It was great and I even
learned some about how to tell how old a yam plant is, how to make soil
more fertile, and other good agricultural information. All of this to
say this was a great cultural experience to be a part of today.
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Jonas Young
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