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What happens to regular food offerings in a house altar? I noticed that the ones served in fèts are eaten (with a few exceptions of burying them, sending them out to sea on a bak, or disposing in other ways) but wanted to know if practitioners ate offerings made to the Rada, Petwo, etc. or had to let them rot and then dispose of them.

Hi,

It depends on what it is and what the purpose of it is. If I prepare food for my lwa at home just as an offering, I don't eat what I place for them. I might eat leftovers from cooking if there are any but what goes on the altar is for them only. Often there is a prescribed amount of time for it to sit there, either as informed by the lwa or as a standard thing, and then food is disposed of. Letting it rot sometimes is a prescription (and a good one!), and sometimes would be wholly inappropriate, like for Ezili Freda, Danbala, and most of the Rada lwa and a bunch of others.

An example of what might happen with food is what Gede asked of me recently. Food was prepared for him for his fet, and he came and ate it and enjoyed it...but he also wanted me to have similar done for him in Haiti and told me I could not dispose of his food here until I had the work done in Haiti. I was to take his food home, place it with his things, and keep it there until the work was completed. It took a minute to coordinate money, seek out what he likes to eat since it is different than what most Gede eat, and then have our folks down in Haiti prepare it in our lakou and deposit it. So, I had a basin of rotting manje Gede that I couldn't get rid of until I received the confirmation that it was done by my adopted son. I was kinda grossed out, this particular Gede was very amused by my distaste. When it could be disposed of, it went into a bag and into the trash.

In Haiti, food that won't be eaten would traditionally get deposited under a tree but that's often hard to do in the US if you don't have a yard. I don't, so what I do is place everything in its own plastic bag and then place it in the trash for disposal.

A sometimes exception is fresh fruit or vegetables. For example, I just did our household service for Kouzen and gave him a bunch of fresh fruit and vegetables. The service is finished, the prescribed period is over, and the fruit/veg is still good so it will go into our kitchen to eat. Kouzen is not going to ask me to sacrifice food I can eat.

Hope this helps!

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6.21.23 Prompt(s):

What is the name of your college or university?

• Kolèj/inivèsite rele Broward College. Li nan Floride sid ak twa lakou lekòl: nòd, santral, sid..

How many students go to your college?

• Mwen pa konnen. Lè m chache sou entènèt, li di antre trant mil ak senkant-sis mil.

Is your college coed?

• Wi, fanm ak gason toulede ka etidye nan inivèsite.

How many subject are you taking this semester?

• M ap pran youn klas paske mwen prèske fin ak degre diplòm ki nan edikasyon pou moun andikape a.

Who is your favorite teacher?

• Pwofesè préféré m rele Pwofesfè Santiago. Li moutre kijan fè dyagnostik ak tès pou timoun pou li. Nou t aprann jan espesyal, pa raz, pou moutre moun li a tou.

How did you decide which college to attend?

• An premye, mwen te vle ale nan Florida State University (FSU). Menmsi mwen te pran tès SAT ak aplike, se pa ase. Mwen te deside pran klas nan Broward College pou de ane epi ale nan FSU pou fini degre diplòm a. Li te banm yon chans sove lajan jiska mwen te kwè m ale. Apre de ane alafen, mwen te rete nan Broward College paske li pa banm dèt, ka sove plus kòb pou yon degre san dèt, e rete ak fanmi m san peye anyen.

What is your typical day at college like?

• An premye de ane yo, mwen t ale nan klas di maten ak midi nan otobis la. Antre klas yo, mwen t ap chita nan biblyotèk, etidye, manje, ak pase tan oubyen repoze. Apre klas yo fini, mwen te ale lakay mwen an.

What are three big differences between your college life so far and your high school days?

• Twa gwò diferans antre lekòl ak inivèsite se pesònaj mwen chanje - m pa timid kou etap adolesans mwen -, klas inivèsite se chwa m, yo pa ka fè pran klas m pa vle petèt m pa gen yon degre paske degre bezwen klas patikilye, e mwen ka pran nènpot klas nan nènpot tan.

What is your major? Why did you choose your major? Do you have any regrets?

• Sijè ki m etidye se edikasyon pou moun andikape. Mwen chwazi sijè sa paske mwen renmen aprann ak moutre nènpot bagay enteresan. Mwen gen yon regrèt: m pa vle rete nan pwofesyon sa a paske li gen anpil politik ak lwa ki fè m sante tris. M ap ale nan inivèsite ankò lè m fini degre diplòm sa a. Mwen ta espere etidye instructional design e travay pou gouvènman federal oubyen yon inivesitè.

* Pou lekri sa a pase lontan! Mwen pa t ka sonje eple kèk mo 😭 Entouka se fini!

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47 fanmi toujou ap viv san manje, san asistans Leta andedan Sant Espòtif Kafou a 

Sitiyasyon moun bandi san fwa ni lwa nan zòn Matisan ak Fontamara te fòse kite kay yo toujou konplike andedan sant Espòtif Kafou a, omwen 47 fanmi ap viv san manje, san asistans Leta a ni enstans ki la a pou fè respekte dwa moun nan peyi a. Toujou nan kad yon dosye espesyal NetAlKole Media te fè yon kout pat andedan Sant sila a.  Sa fè deja yon lane depi bandi ak zam ki achte katye matisan ak…

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Par : Jean-Marie Mondésir
Eleksyon lan peyi dayiti se sous divizyon, diskriminasyon, kontestasyon, chirepit, deblozay, denigreman, gaspiyaj lajan ak det pou kanpay elektoral se tou sa oganizasyon eleksyon vle di. Pa genyen anyen serye kap regle pou fanmi ki lan mize ak soufrans.
Aprè popilasyon an te kouri deye pouvwa boutdi e sangine Divalye a 7 fevrye 86, nou pa rive konstate kisa ki regle pou fanmi moun ki pov yo. Sel bagay nou kapab konstate pep la vin genyen libète di sa li vle sou rezo sosyal yo sitou lan lang li plis metrize. Men, ensekirite, latroublay, manifestasyon, batay pou pouvwa, laviche, chomaj ak Jenes la kap riske lavi pati pou Sendomeng, Brezil, Chili, Bahamas, lezantiy e Etazini pou yon lavi miyo.
Zafe eleksyon se yon estrateji peyi lotbodlo yo enpoze lan peyi pov yo tankou Ayiti pou fé sitwayen yo vin plis lan tribilasyon ak mize. Peyi la Chine ki se dezyem pwisans ekonomik mondyal pa genyen eleksyon chak 2, 4, 5 kan e sa pa anpeche dirijan li yo fe pwogre.
Lan peyi lakay, depi nou tande pral genyen eleksyon nou genyen anpil ke sote paske kanpay elektoral mennen chirepit, deblozaj, batay jisk make san kote patizan kandida ap denigre lot pou defann pwop entere yo.
Depi nou tande pral genyen eleksyon lan peyi dayiti tout moun swete kandida paske se sel mwayen yo genyen pou yo kapab jwenn djob ki estab. Yo tout konnen si se pos député oubyen pos sénateur, se riches asire paske tout profesyonel (enjenye, avoka, pwofese, medsen, inivesite) swete patisipe lan eleksyon pou benefisye vot popilasyon an. Depi yon fin ranpote laviktwa anpil lan yo bliye defann entere sitwayen ki te vote pou yo.
Fok nou ditou depi pral genyen eleksyon anpil kandida pral fe kredi pou kanpay paske sitwayen yo kap monte lesyel pado ak laviche e chomaj pa dispoze jete bilten pou okenn kandida si yo pa jwenn mwayen pou yo bay pitit yo manje.
Tout kandida ap fe pwomes pou yo kapab atire atansyon chak elekte menmsi yo konnen yo pap janm lan sityasyon pou respekte angajman yo. Youn lan difikilte nou konstate, pati politik yo pa envesti lan kanpay yon kandida e yo plis kanpe sou eleksyon prezidansyel. Yo pa janm rive sipote kandida pou Député ak Sénateur aloske si yo rive genyen majorite lan Palman e se yo kap rive kontwole pouvwa ekzekitif la.
Ak lwa sou pati politik la depi yon fomasyon genyen anpil kandida ki ranpote laviktwa se pati a kap jwenn plis finansman leta. Se domaj dirijan fomasyon politik yo plis anvizaje pouvwa ekzekitif e yo neglije pouvwa lejislatif e minisipal. Nou raple n apre eleksyon 2015, se pati politik ki te genyen député ak sénateur ki te eli ki tap mande pou yo pa rekonet kandida ki te endete pou ranpote majorite vwa lan 2015 lan.
Le nou gade lajan yon député ak yon sénateur koute administrasyon piblik la, si pa genyen renouvelman pou ranplase yon banm pa itil lan Palman, otorite gouvennman yo tap jwenn mwayen finansye pou soulaje mize grangou pep la.
Fok nou ditou se pa selman Palman ki responsab, prezidan ak premye minis lan responsab soufrans popilasyon an. Nou pa rive konprann pouki rezon rejim Jovenel Moïse la :
1.- Pran lajan distribye bay yon bann pati politik ki pa genyen okenn reprezantasyon lan Palman ak kolektivite yo;
2- Pran lajan achte yon bann materyel pwa lou pou kreye enfrastriti wout pandan pep la lan grangou;
3.- Gaspiye lajan lan simaye sibvansyon pou gaz, elektrisite, transpo piblik, pati politik, elatriye;
4.- Depanse 190 milyon pou oganize kanaval lan yon peyi ki genyen anpil difikilte ekonomik;
5.- Mache fe tout kalite pwomes san li janm evalye kapasite finansman lan bidje li;
6.- Kontinye fe gaspiyaj sou resous peyi a pandan koripsyon, kontrebann, laviche, ensekirite ak chomaj ap toupizi moun ki pov yo;
7.- Nou genyen lenpresyon pouvwa a pa genyen tet kap panse pou li, se enprovizasyon chak jou san vizyon pou ogmante prodiksyon agrikol la;
8.- Pagen okenn politik piblik pou kapitalize sou 7 milyon jenn ki lan chomaj kap defoule yo chak jou sou WhatsApp;
Pou nou menm, oganize eleksyon pou depanse 68 milyon dola meriken pandan pep la lan grangou ak laviche e chomaj se yon desepsyon pou bon

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Par : Jean-Marie Mondésir
Eleksyon lan peyi dayiti se sous divizyon, diskriminasyon, kontestasyon, chirepit, deblozay, denigreman, gaspiyaj lajan ak det pou kanpay elektoral se tou sa oganizasyon eleksyon vle di. Pa genyen anyen serye kap regle pou fanmi ki lan mize ak soufrans.
Aprè popilasyon an te kouri deye pouvwa boutdi e sangine Divalye a 7 fevrye 86, nou pa rive konstate kisa ki regle pou fanmi moun ki pov yo. Sel bagay nou kapab konstate pep la vin genyen libète di sa li vle sou rezo sosyal yo sitou lan lang li plis metrize. Men, ensekirite, latroublay, manifestasyon, batay pou pouvwa, laviche, chomaj ak Jenes la kap riske lavi pati pou Sendomeng, Brezil, Chili, Bahamas, lezantiy e Etazini pou yon lavi miyo.
Zafe eleksyon se yon estrateji peyi lotbodlo yo enpoze lan peyi pov yo tankou Ayiti pou fé sitwayen yo vin plis lan tribilasyon ak mize. Peyi la Chine ki se dezyem pwisans ekonomik mondyal pa genyen eleksyon chak 2, 4, 5 kan e sa pa anpeche dirijan li yo fe pwogre.
Lan peyi lakay, depi nou tande pral genyen eleksyon nou genyen anpil ke sote paske kanpay elektoral mennen chirepit, deblozaj, batay jisk make san kote patizan kandida ap denigre lot pou defann pwop entere yo.
Depi nou tande pral genyen eleksyon lan peyi dayiti tout moun swete kandida paske se sel mwayen yo genyen pou yo kapab jwenn djob ki estab. Yo tout konnen si se pos député oubyen pos sénateur, se riches asire paske tout profesyonel (enjenye, avoka, pwofese, medsen, inivesite) swete patisipe lan eleksyon pou benefisye vot popilasyon an. Depi yon fin ranpote laviktwa anpil lan yo bliye defann entere sitwayen ki te vote pou yo.
Fok nou ditou depi pral genyen eleksyon anpil kandida pral fe kredi pou kanpay paske sitwayen yo kap monte lesyel pado ak laviche e chomaj pa dispoze jete bilten pou okenn kandida si yo pa jwenn mwayen pou yo bay pitit yo manje.
Tout kandida ap fe pwomes pou yo kapab atire atansyon chak elekte menmsi yo konnen yo pap janm lan sityasyon pou respekte angajman yo. Youn lan difikilte nou konstate, pati politik yo pa envesti lan kanpay yon kandida e yo plis kanpe sou eleksyon prezidansyel. Yo pa janm rive sipote kandida pou Député ak Sénateur aloske si yo rive genyen majorite lan Palman e se yo kap rive kontwole pouvwa ekzekitif la.
Ak lwa sou pati politik la depi yon fomasyon genyen anpil kandida ki ranpote laviktwa se pati a kap jwenn plis finansman leta. Se domaj dirijan fomasyon politik yo plis anvizaje pouvwa ekzekitif e yo neglije pouvwa lejislatif e minisipal. Nou raple n apre eleksyon 2015, se pati politik ki te genyen député ak sénateur ki te eli ki tap mande pou yo pa rekonet kandida ki te endete pou ranpote majorite vwa lan 2015 lan.
Le nou gade lajan yon député ak yon sénateur koute administrasyon piblik la, si pa genyen renouvelman pou ranplase yon banm pa itil lan Palman, otorite gouvennman yo tap jwenn mwayen finansye pou soulaje mize grangou pep la.
Fok nou ditou se pa selman Palman ki responsab, prezidan ak premye minis lan responsab soufrans popilasyon an. Nou pa rive konprann pouki rezon rejim Jovenel Moïse la :
1.- Pran lajan distribye bay yon bann pati politik ki pa genyen okenn reprezantasyon lan Palman ak kolektivite yo;
2- Pran lajan achte yon bann materyel pwa lou pou kreye enfrastriti wout pandan pep la lan grangou;
3.- Gaspiye lajan lan simaye sibvansyon pou gaz, elektrisite, transpo piblik, pati politik, elatriye;
4.- Depanse 190 milyon pou oganize kanaval lan yon peyi ki genyen anpil difikilte ekonomik;
5.- Mache fe tout kalite pwomes san li janm evalye kapasite finansman lan bidje li;
6.- Kontinye fe gaspiyaj sou resous peyi a pandan koripsyon, kontrebann, laviche, ensekirite ak chomaj ap toupizi moun ki pov yo;
7.- Nou genyen lenpresyon pouvwa a pa genyen tet kap panse pou li, se enprovizasyon chak jou san vizyon pou ogmante prodiksyon agrikol la;
8.- Pagen okenn politik piblik pou kapitalize sou 7 milyon jenn ki lan chomaj kap defoule yo chak jou sou WhatsApp;
Pou nou menm, oganize eleksyon pou depanse 68 milyon dola meriken pandan pep la lan grangou ak laviche e chomaj se yon desepsyon pou bon

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Alliance entre le Député Cholzer Chancy et le Ministre de la justice Jean Roudy Aly contre Jecosias Pierre.-

Cholzer le mechant doux ne tarde pas à marquer des points contre le leader de l’opposition d’Ennery Jecosias Pierre.

Partant du 31 Octobre au 2 Novembre, ce sera la Saint-Hubert, fête du saint patron d’Ennery. Cette date est retenue pour que Cholzer paye son gage ( bay lwa bitasyon yo manje); ayant peur du petit loup politique de la zone, Jecosias Pierre, Cholzer demande de l’aide pour le garder…

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M' JOUNAL LA KI FÈT M' ANNULATION PLANÈT LATÈ (TANKOU M' RAKONTRE AVÈK JÉHOVAH TOUT BONDYE SA A, YON ZANJ BONDYE TOUT).

 Pa Neil Leslie doktè Gilbert.-Williams-Jacksnephew (AN KREYÒL AYISYEN)

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Mwen (Neil Leslie Gilbert.-Williams-Jacksnephew) jis te asiste a legliz la Angletè a Sen Michèl a, Depatman Croydon (anba a Dyosèz de Southwark)

 Nan mès jodi a, mwen tande papa Philip deta nan yon écriture yon bagay osijè de: ' manman Mary Bondye a: Seyè Jezi Kris la Emanuel nou Bondye,' (Ki te tou te deklare ke papa Timothy nan yon lòt mès).

 Tounen nan 1980 yo. Lè m' te yon lòt disiplin mwen rantre pati nan écriture (manman Mary Bondye a: Emanuel Jezikri Seyè a Bondye nou an) lè mansyone ke vikè de tan nan Sen Stephen legliz Sen Stephen Terrace, London SW8 1DH Angletè, nan peyi wa ki (Helen vikè) nan lapriyè , ki mele m' nan legliz Sen Stephen, Sen Stephen Terrace, London SW8 1DH Angletè, nan peyi wa, se poutèt sa mwen te mande a Reveran ki sen Stephens legliz Sen Stephen Terrace, London SW8 1DH Angletè, nan peyi wa ki (Reveran Christopher),

' Bib mete apa pou Bondye a menm ki di sa nan liv jenèz tout Bondye fè sou latè! Men, Seyè a Jésus Kris la ki Emanuel te fèt sou latè sou (apeprè) 25 desanm nan Bethlehem nan Judée, nan sid Palestine nan sezon lotòn de 2 B.C.E [https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/when-was-jesus-born]. Se pou sa, jan te ka Emanuel Jezikri Seyè a fè tè a ak limanite si li se Bondye tout, tankou Seyè Jezi Kris la Emanuel ki te fèt la bonè nan otòn de 2 B.C.E?`

 Reveran Christopher ban m' yon souri cho ak plezan salitasyon, invitant m' pou resevwa konfimasyon. Mwen proprement te asepte. Reveran Christopher te mande poukisa m ta asepte konfimasyon. Mwen te eksplike ke mwen te enterese nan yo se kretyen reconnu jan mwen kwè. Reveran Christopher te eksplike ke nan ki moman li te kapab te dekri pale anpil, men li te regrèt sa pati de Sainte sa a e devwale l' pwive pwen de vi nan yon elemantè de baz. (Mwen kapab dekri Reveran Christopher menm jan yo te trè gonfle/chaje, ak move sou tout moun ki te bay an nan mitan lòt pwen yo). Li te fè m' pou mande m' mande li: e yo te pèmèt pou di l' fè m' yon aranjman pou rankontre avèk vikè li. Helen vikè, ki lè sa a temwen Reveran Christopher ede m' élaborer sou texte m, kwè (efektivman t ap anvi pou yo asire ke m te vle di sa: kwè = mwen kwè nan Bondye tout).

 Reveran Christopher li te genyen / approachable, progressif men sevè ak Fidèl. Mwen te grandi nan konfyans nan Bondye. Mwen te mande si yo mwen te vle poze nenpòt kesyon. Mwen te reponn yo ak mande si tout Bondye, toujou vivan, e Poukisa Joseph te ke yo rekonèt tankou papa Seyè Jezi Kris la Emanuel si li te conçu tout Bondye.

 Mwen te rèd te di: Seyè Jezi Kris la Emanuel, ki se pitit gason Bondye tout (tankou nou tout desandan yo tout Bondye) ne jenn fi mari yo, ak tout lòt mwen pral aprann nan Dimanch lekòl yo ak nan legliz, ki fondamantalman moutre nan Bib mete apa pou Bondye a.

 Mwen menm ki a e trouve yon repons nan favè (te di apwè manje):

"Nou ba ou mèsi pou tout benefis ou. O' tout Bondye, moun ki viv ak règne la pou toutan. Ak ka nanm Fidèl la te depati, pa gen bon kè Bondye a, mouri, yo ak kè poze, ensiswatil"

 Mwen te mansyone de sa, jou ke mwen te genyen nan konpayi an nan yon Angel Bondye a (ki te parèt tankou ti sèl pou Diksyonnè angle definisyon), ki ban m' yon jou fèt / vacances (sou ki planèt latè) via navèt. Zanj Bondye tout Bondye a te rekonèt ki I menm jan yo ekstra terrestre te an. (Mwen pral gaye plis pita).

 Vitès a te genyen lwa pase yon vitès avyon ke mwen te konnen ki soti nan syans fiksyon pwogram yo tankou chaîne vitès zetwal charyo. (Mwen pral gaye plis sou yon lòt jou). Pandan fèt m / vakans, yon Angel tout Bondye yo ak mwen te pale. Nan yon peryòd viv ak kè poze nan vwayaj mwen, yon Angel tout kote Bondye te mande m' si m' vle poze nenpòt kesyon. Mwen te gen anpil, menm si m te mande sou si yon Angel tout kote Bondye te konnen ki Bondye tout se, si tout Bondye, toujou vivan. Yon zanj Bondye tout Bondye te gen yon repons progressif t' ap kònen yo ak lè sa a di: mwen (Neil Leslie Gilbert.-Williams-Jacksnephew) m' ap mennen yo pou yo wè l' Talè.

 Kounye a mwen te rive, (ki pa t ' menm kote nan mande m' pou yon Angel de God_ pa yon ire de plizyè zèd tan) sou yon Angel tout kote Bondye te di, sa a, se li ou aprouve rele tout Bondye. Mwen te panse menm kote, Tout Bondye, anvi (mwen pral gaye plis nan yon dat apre)

 Yonn nan memwa pase m' lè nan vakans / vacances sou planèt ki sou latè, se yon Angel tout kote Bondye te mande m' si mwen te vle ale nan solèy la. Mwen panse mwen ta pa chape tankou l' dèyè à, men, mwen kwè yon Angel tout Bondye a, li di wi. Lè nou te rive (te vole nan bra yon Angel tout kote Bondye wa a (tankou yon Angel tout Bondye a ka vole / gen zèl (ki pi pre Diksyonnè angle tradiksyon)) yon Angel tout Bondye a vini ak mwen pou a vout zanj lan, ki te chita nan limite (solèy la dèyè (nan yo places) ki se tankou yon gwo plak limyè k'ap klere mystique flanm dife structurées tankou yon sikilè (esfè) anndan yon Iwa rotation. (Mwen pral gaye plis nan yon dat apre).

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Mwen te resameman te poste pòs sa a. Souple li si nesesè kòmantè. Fè kè nou poze tout!

 Yon zanj Bondye ki wa tout (yon extra terrestre) te vizite m (Neil Leslie Gilbert) nan a legliz la Angletè a Sen STEPHEN LEGLIZ, ST STEPHEN TERRACE, LONDON SW8 1DH, anba a Dyosèz la Southwark TRINITY kay, 4 CHAPEL TRIBINAL la, vil segondè RI, LONDON SE1 1HW. (nan plis pase yon sèl fwa nan 1980 yo. Sou yonn nan yon zanj Bondye tout vizit, m' ap swiv yon zanj Bondye tout Bondye a pou mwen manman ansyen kay sou vant 24 LULWORTH kay, WOUT DORSET, NÈF ELMS, LONDON, SW8 1 Doktè (ki kote m' ap viv ak manman m' ak frè). Arive Angel Bondye ki wa a tout an te temwen ke plizyè fidèles ak pastè a (an tan / dat) Christopher Guinness ak legliz vikè Stephens Sen.

 Nou te mache soti nan Sen Stephens Église (Sen Stephens Terrace) ri Bolney 24 sou vant Lulworth lakay (temwen pa lokal). (Malgre ke nou te mache pou plizyè kote ke mwen pral gaye sou yon lòt dat, (ki gen Vauxhall pon, ki se kote sa Majesté larenn - Elizabèt LL / Majesté sa larenn lan - Elizabèt LL # [PALÈ BUCKINGHAM, LONDON SW 1W0 a biwo de son Majesté a larenn] te pale fò m (devan yon zanj Bondye ki wa tout)-mande si mwen te anfòm ak lòt sijè.

 Mwen pral gaye plis sou mwen rakontre avèk yon Angel tout Bondye a yon lòt fwa, men, lè yon Angel tout Bondye yo ak mwen wè li te pale a ak lòt, mwen pa t ' kapab di ak revele legliz la a Achitekti (mete ak fennèt moso lò ak lòt detay) de la coire èstrikti CH a, te konstwi / construit nan avec mas yon Angel tout Bondye a an & rad ak fiti anatomie nan.

 Se pou sa, m ka konfimen a tou, sa pa yon Angel tout kote Bondye m' a bay avètisman e pa yon aranjman Angel nan tout Bondye moun yo pran m' via navèt / bato pou vizite tout Bondye (ki viv ak règne la pou toutan), kretyen sa yo ak tout lòt moun, ta dwe kwè nan tout Bondye, ki rele Emmanuel-Jezikri, nou devwati ban nou.

 M santi m se konsa onore, heureux pou sèvi nan legliz la Angletè legliz la kay LEGLIZ

GWO SMITH RI LONDON SW1P 3AZ, oubyen legliz Katolik (anba legliz Katolik nan Angletè & Wales 39 ECCLESTON LAKOU LONDON SW1V 1BX).

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#angel #god #Religion #neilleslieuniverse

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Oryt zithandwa lalelani la nginixoxele

Kushukuth umngani wam lo sikhule ndawonye kodwa ngendlela yokuth angizalwanga ngimazi but ngaqala ukumazi ngfunda u grade 2 OK igama lakhe ngzothi u Sindi...ryt ngamazi ungani kwaze kwath kwa grade 10 umngani washintaha iskole wayofunda edolobheni lase Thekwini Mina ngasala emakhaya but I communication between us azange iphele till ngaqeda u matric kwamele ngiphume ekhaya ngiyozama impilo

OK kushukuth nam I had a boyfriend ngimthanda...ryt ke niyaz Nina ukuth if ningabangani niye nixoxelane yonke into...ryt ke so umngani wam wayejwayele ukungixoxela nge boyfriend yakhe and ngendlela ayemubeka ngayo he was a loving and caring man..ok ill name him u Sia ...each and every time u Sia enzele h Sindi something umngani used to tell me ngangimujabulela ngingenamona ngendlela yokuth if umngani ephatheke kabi wayengitshela ngimululeke kuphinde fth kube ryt...ngendlela esasi close ngayo no mngani nangendlela ayengithemba ngayo ngangize nginama number ka Sia (my friends boyfriend)

P2

Oryt they used to call me nje sixoxe about everything nam I used to call them if ngine airtime kwakumnandi nje... U boyfriend wam wayeyingayithanfi lendaba yokuth ngilokhu ngifonelana no boyfriend kamngani wam kodwa ngangiyishaya indiva leyonto cz Mina ngangiku enjoyer in such a way that ngangize sengizizwa senginomuzwa wokukhumbula ukukhuluma naye ngendlela yokuth masikhuluma wayesejwayele ukuth "syakthanda" yena beno umngani

P3

Oryt kuthi umngani wam efunda u matric u Sia amulobole kube mnandi kube njeyaya....ai nam iqale ukungifakela I pressure manje lendaba yokulotsholwa kwa friend😭😭ngithi mangixoxela eyam indoda ukuth umngani wam ulotsholiwe avele athi yaz kube ncono lendoda yasheshe yacacisa haw ngimangane kodwa ngithule...u Sia wayeyi manager yase eskom khona e Durban imali yayibuzwa kuye..ai kuthi nje after a year umngani elotsholiwe bese eyakhulelwa ai umngani angixoxele ukuth she is pregnant manje ufuna umuntu ozomugadela umtwana cz his husband uzomufaka emsebenzini so they suggests ukuth kube yimi and angisheshe ngize ethekwini ingane ingakazalwa ngizobe ngizijwayeza ukuhlala nabo...ai lendaba yokumitha kwa friend iphinde ingifakele more pressure cz nam kade kwase ngizama ukumitha kodwa lutho

P4

Ngyaxolisa ukunilindise bengiphuza umuthi ngyafa I flu...oryt ke ai ngibikele amama ukuth umngani uth angzomubhekela ingane ai avume umama ai u boyfriend wam ayihliphize lento kube ukuth ngeke ngizwe ngaye...ryt ke NGIHAMBE ngempela ngiye ethekeini aibo mangithi ngyafika aibo indoda ka umngani iyi type yam ...imnyama kodwa yinhle💕yondlekile lento💜mayeeee mayihkeka kuthi angipakishe imithwalo ngigoduke💙yaz uphelele ubhuti ai ajabule ukungibona nam ngijabule..ai mayengekho u boyfriend sisale sizikhipha no mngani if e off ...mabengekho bobabili ngisale ngedwa...ai bangivumele ukuth ngenze noma yin kodwa ngiziphathe kahle ai nje nam nginethezeke ngizizwe sengize khaya..ai angimuzwisisi nje u boyfriend wam osele ekhaya nokho sihambe iskhathi ngithole enye indoda ai nakhona nje ngibone ukuth abafiki Ku Sia...aibo ma e liqale likhule uthando lwa Sia kimi lapho yena akekho lapho knalokho nje ungthatha njengodade wabo

P5

Ai sihambe iskhathi nesisu samngani asizibekile phansi siyakhula kuthi when she was 5 months pregnant ai agule umngani wam ngendlela yokuth aze ayolala esbhedlela..than endlini sekusele Mina no Sia...ei ngibone nje ukuth kumuncu endlini no Sia akekho ryt ulokhu ebalisa ngonkosikazi wakhe nengane..ingane ka friend izoba I first born on both parents.. Ai nam manje angsazi ngenzenjani indoda ike ikhale izinyembezi...kuthi after a week u friend e admithiwe ai sihleli nje endlini no Sia sizibukele I TV ai ngiphuma kogeza ngigqoke I nyt encane okuyinto engiyijwayele fth engasiyo inkinga layndlini...ai ngihlale esofeni indoda ilokhu iyabalisa...bese Mina ngiya kuye ngelokuthi ngyomduduza ai ngifike ngihlale eduze kwakhe ngimange ai naye angibambe angiqinise aibo ngivele ngizizwe ngishiselwa aibo ngimubuke emehlweni naye angibheke ai Mina ngihluleke ukuzibamba ngivele ngilibeke mbaba ukuth Sia ngyakthanda ai ngsuke lapho ngimuqabule ai inqabe indoda weeee Jesu ngivele ngibone ukuth uzongiceba kumngani

P6

OK it was Friday avele aphume ahambe u Sia angishiye ngedwa weeee Jesu usale udila nam unembeza ...ai sengiyakhala manje ngilokhi ngifonela u Sia ngithi ngzoxolisa ngesenzo Sam lutho indoda ayiyibambi I phone aw Jesu ngisikhihle islilo...yaz ngivele ngibone ukuth kuncono ngizicebe Mina kumngani ai ngithathe I phone ngimufonele lutho ukubamba ucingo umngani ngivele ngibone ukuth semtshelile u Sia ai ngithi aksenani vele sengilindele ukuxoshwa

Ai NGIHAMBE ngyolala indoda ayibuyile kuze kube u 10 ebsuku ngingene in my room ngihlale ngingawuvalile imnyango ngithi ukudonda I nyt yam kancane bese ngigcoba umzimba ngicwebezele bese ngilale izinqe zibheke ngasemnyango nemilenze ayivaliwe...ngizwe kugudluka umnyango lapho abo 12 ebsuku ai in gene indoda indlela eya ekamereni labo idlula emnyango wam nebala ngizwe ukuya iyasondela ai athi mayezodlula ngasemnyango avele adlule aye e roomin yakhe ngidinwe ngife ai nhibone ukuth angize nelinye icebo ....bese ngizenza umuntu ophupha kabi omemezayo ai angene mayefika anginyakazise

P7

Ai athi mayeth uyanginyakazisa ngivele ngivuke ngimubambe ngimuqinise ngenze engath ngyaphupha ngithi haw Ntokozo subuyile lol OK Ntokozo was my boyfriend wasemakhaya ai avele athi vuka Sobahle uyaphupha yimina u Sia ai ngivele ngimudle ngokiss ngize ngigibele phezu kwakhe ai ithambe indoda ngivele ngiyikhumule maqede ngigibele phezu kwayo...ngiyigibele ngiyifende indoda kamngani ai ikhalele phezulu yangiphendu phendula indoda ngangaphela moya nam ngayiphinda ngayi reva indoda maqede sakhathala salala...cabangake ngoba asizange sisebenzise ngisho icondom sashaya I skoon...yayingeve imnandi indoda...masivuka ekseni akekho owayekhulumisa omunye wavuka wayogeza maqede wahamba ways kubamngani bakhe abuye emini sengiphekile adle maqede ahambe aybo abuye ebsuku fth angene e room in yakhe alale...ngizwe ukuth uyaluma ubhontshisi ngibikele khona ekamereni ngimuvuse ngimubuze ukuth uyongiziba kuze kube yinini angangiphenduli...ngithi nawe musa ukwenza engath bungafun or ngikubambe ngenkani cz we both wanted okwenzekile athule nje angangiphendule ngivele ngidinwe ngiphume ngiye rooming yam mxm uveke uwe nobhontshisi😕😕😕

P8

Ngingene in my room ngilale kuthi after 5 minutes ingene indoda wuuuu Jesu mangithi ngyabheka ingena nje inqunu isilibambe ngesandla ipipi wuuu nam ngimane ngivule amathanga ai ushe umsebenzi...aw sesenza ngesihle manje akasekho osaba omunye..then after sithembisane ukuth sizomfihlela umngani sizolokhu sisebenzisa ithuba masilithola ai kusemnandi nje iqhubeke impilo sidlale nje no Sia...abuye umngani cha kubemnandi kube ngathi akwenzakalanga lutho kodwa nje nam ngilokhu ngimubuka ngalowo mehlo...nokho singabanjwa...if umngani sebuyele emsebenzin u Sia maye off sisala sizitika mayebuya sibe usisi nobhuti aybo umngani wathi ena 8 months wabuyela esbhedlela sasala sibusa kanti sizohlala isisu😭😭😭😭

P9

Yoooo ai kuqale kube nzima manje phela umngani uyazi ukuth angsenayo I boyfriend pho ngzothi ngimithiswe ubani ai ngithi icebo liyozakha...umngani avele atete bese kmele ath ukuhlala esbhedlela iskhashana...athi u Sia kuncono angifakele umngani wakhe ai svumelane angitholele indoda bese ngilale nayo skoon kzobengathi yiyo u baby Daddy... Maye buya umngani ngi introduce lo new boyfriend bese makuhamba iskhathi ngavele ngathi sengimithi the new bf is the baby Daddy ai angabi nankinga umngani angihalalisele aibo sikhule phela nesami isisu silokhu sidlene no Sia nalomunye ngyamupha bese kulomunye ngizenza engath bengingaz ukuth ngi preg if engibuza ukuth why ngi actor as umuntu o preg cz ngase nginama cravings ai ngithi ngzothenga I PT ngbuye ngithi ngimithi aibo ingithuke indoda ithi yona ayifune ngane😭😭😭ai ngithi ngzomubophisa athi akanandaba😢😢😢ai nginitshele u Sia ukuth kyabheda athi angithule ngibekezele...sihambe iskhathi sengiwu nanny u Sindi sebuyele emsebenzini...u Sia during his break azongibona endlini sibe o lovy dovy while u Sindi ebusy with her friends... Wowu ngangivele ngiphuzise ingane I panado ne entres khona izozumeka ngibe ngizitika ngendoda...lapho sengine phone entsha ne number eyaziwa yim no Sia kphela esifonelana kuyo kuze singeke sibanjwe kule enye ngoba umngani unokuyi pager I phone yam

P10

Sikhule isisu nasekhaya sebeyazi...mabengibuza ngobaba wengane ngangivele ngithi angimazi washonaphi...lapho u friend ake azikhiphe nabangani Mina ngisale nengane nesisu Sam no Sia Abe umuntu ozozikhipha nabangani bakhe wowuuuuu abuye u Sia sizitike...makuholiwe u Sindi anikwe imali kuthiwe akazikhiphe nengane Mina ngisale ngoba ngathi nesisu siyangisinda manje wowuuuu ahambe u Sindi ngizitike ngendoda maseqedile bese syamulanda lapho umngani akasoli lutho ngangiholelwa u 2000 bese no Sia eyangipha as a boyfriend noma imalini nje iqhubeke impilo...if ngiya kwa doctor mayefika emsebenzini wayephuma njengomuntu oya kuma meeting Kant uzohambisa Mina kwa doctor ...yey lo bhuti besimele isthembu sakhe

P11

Asikhoke phela iskhathi esingafiki chaaake nakim sifike iskhathi sokuteta aibo inhliziyo yam ingeve ibuhlungu ngisesibhedlela u Sindi esele nendoda.. Aibo abantu abasezi ukuzongibona esbhedlela😭😭😭mangithi ngyafona emafonini ethu obufebe ngthole ukuth ivaliwe mangimubheka kweyakhe uqobo avele ayivale bese engisendela I msg ethi ngzomuqhatha nomkakhe usacela ngithi ukuma kancane usalungiselela umshado lapho kimi bethi akasaboni kahle NGO mngani ngathi uzomlahla athathe Mina awcha nangu umuntu engijikela😭😭😭

P12

Ngfike esbhedlela ngithole u boy ofana no Sia Ncimshi lo oka Sindi intombazane...ai ngibuye esbhedlela ngihlale iviki athi u Sia kzomele ngibuyele ekhaya ngoba phela u Sindi uzoyibona lengane ukuth eyakhe ai I had no choice ngabuyela ekhaya umama mayengibuza ukuth uphi ubaba wengane ngivele ngathi washona...mase ngisekhaya ayisangifuni indoda ayisangifoneli igcina ngokuposa imali yengane kphela ayibuzi ngisho impilo..kwabanzima kakhulu but I had no choice ...wakhula u boy wami waze wangena eskoleni engamazi uyise...u Sindi mayethi ufuna izithombe zengane or ebuyile ekhaya ngangimutshengisa ingane kadade wethu eyami ngiyivalele endlini kuze angayiboni nangephutha lapho ngathola umlayezo ovela Ku Sia othi if u Sindi eke wayibona lengane Mina naleyongane yam uzosincwaba siphila😭😭😭😭so I had no choice... Kwathi ekuhambeni kweskhathi ngabuyela ethekwini sengiziqashele u Sindi alokhu ezongivakashela acele nam ngzomuvakashela ai ngize kuze engeke asole kube ilona thuba lokubona u Sia lelo...kuthi ngelinye ilanga ngisemsebenzin angifonele u Sia angitshele ukuth ungikhumbule ai nam ngangimukhumbule vele athi asihlangane sizoya endlini soxoxa ngengane u Sindi esemsebenzini aw nganikela khona safike saqhubeka Kant asibuzanga elangeni u Sindi uzongena ethi uzolanda I purse yakhe wasifica sibhizi...ksuka lapho umngani washaywa I stroke kuze kube namanje uhamba nge wheel chair😭😭😭u Sia seshade nomunye 😢😢😢😢ngiyazisola ngesenzo Sam😏😏😏 THE END!!!!!

[rockofeye]

For ceremonies, would people make their own cakes to a lwa (following standard procedures about not hungering for the cake, ritual purity, etc.) or buy them from a bakery? What makes certain cakes (and/or pastries) made by an outside bakery acceptable for ceremonies but not other restaurant dishes? What sorts of cakes do the different lwas and nasyons prefer?

Hi,

Most people buy cakes for ceremonies, usually from Haitian bakeries or a trusted community member who bakes. It is generally too much work to be trying to bake while preparing everything else, and in Haiti many people do not have access to the equipment to bake.

Instructions are given as to what cakes need to be made and what they should include or not include; most Haitian bakeries have an understanding of what the cakes are for so they are careful. Many Haitian cakes that are given to the lwa are traditional recipes, like bonbon siwo or gato anana, and ingredients that are tabooed for the lwa are not common ingredients for many Haitian baked goods.

In contrast, most Haitian food purchased in restaurants would contain ingredients tabooed for the lwa so they wouldn't be appropriate to give to the lwa.

There are also ways that manje lwa is prepared that differ from how food in a restaurant is prepared, and people who prepare food for the lwa need to be spiritually clean for the work, which can't be guaranteed or asked of restaurant workers. Food is also tightly monitored and prepared by trusted hands because it can be so easily spiritually spoiled. Fighting while preparing food can render it inedible by the lwa, and food is vulnerable in that someone with bad intentions can mount magic in food.

And, buying and preparing food for ceremonies is part of the sacrifice of a ceremony. The money spent and labor of preparation is its own devotion and gift to the lwa.

Generally, the lwa are happy with cake, period. Cake is a special occasion food in Haiti and not really eaten casually so its presence is special and sometimes that's part of the gift. Most cakes I have seen served are white cakes decorated for the spirits included in the ceremony. Gede is often given chocolate cake. Ezili Danto (and other Petwo lwa) enjoy gato anana, which is a Haitian pineapple upside down cake. Kouzen will enjoy siwo bonbon from time to time.

Hope this helps!

#vodou #haitian vodou #manje lwa

[negmahler]

Can someone tell me W.T.F is going on here with this homie. How the f he is eating nails.😱😱😱 Yon vagabond kap manje klou sa se pa lwa non. #craziness

#craziness

[sologicalco]

“Haitian religion and culture are so linked to local agriculture that Vodou ceremonies are routinely called manje lwa: food for the gods. Our lwa (gods, spirits, deities) must be fed. They are not eternal and can only exist so long as they continue to be summoned to participate in human affairs.”

#Manje Lwa #Haiti: Then and Now (HTN) #Vodou

[rockofeye]

Bon fèt Kouzen!

I couldn't let Kouzen's fet go by without giving him something. It's been awhile since I've cooked for him and the reminder not that long ago that this is the weekend to do that was not lost.

So, Kouzen and his family got to eat:

Tchaka is one of Kouzen's most favorite foods, and so I made that for sure. It's a really thick and hearty stew with a couple types of beans, broken dried corn, vegetables, and beef. I also found goat at the market, so Kouzen got bouyon kabrit, too, which is a soup with more broth and dumplings called doumbrey/donbrey or boy.

The breadfruit I found got made into tomtom, which is pounded breadfruit and is essentially the Haitian version of African fufu, or pounded yam or sometimes cassava, and is eaten similarly. He also got yon ti lam bouyi, or a little boiled breadfruit made with the extra leftover from the tomtom.

And...I made tablet pistach, which is a Haitian-style peanut brittle with ginger, star anise, cinnamon, and nutmeg. I saw some pre-made at the store, but it was all crumbly and how hard could it really be? Certainly not harder than pounding breadfruit.

I prayed for continued blessings in all the areas Kouzen works for me, and for him to continue to accompany me wherever I go. Kouzen often gets overlooked or underestimated because he sometimes comes quietly and always comes plainly and without pretense. I can't overlook him and what he's done for me, so I'm happy to feed him!

Alaso Kouzen gwo neg m! Alaso Minis! Alaso Kouzin, epi tout fanmi Kouzen ak nasyon Djouba!!

#vodou #haitian vodou #fet kouzen #kouzen zaka #kouzen #manje lwa

[rockofeye]

Out of the depths.

It is somehow appropriate that a re-emergence and re-alignment comes with the beginning of the month of May. May is a big month for vodouizan; we celebrate Kouzen and all his family this month and, for people from Jacmel, it is a month devoted to celebrating Jacmel's heritage, which is tied closely to Kouzen. It is said Jacmel is where Kouzen was from before he went to more rural areas; it's not a coincidence that fet Jacmel and fet St Jacques e St Philippe (the patrons of Jacmel) are celebrated on the same days as fet Kouzen (May 1 and May 2).

I've been thinking about Kouzen a lot lately. It's been a difficult year in a lot of ways, but not a bad year. COVID has really permanently changed how things in my professional field work, and with the help of Kouzen and a few of my other lwa, I managed to leverage that into a position using all my professional strengths with the org that has been my target for employment for years. Landing that has not only been life-changing and future-solidifying, but really reinforces that I know what I know and that I am an expert at what I do.

That's a lesson that comes from Kouzen, and it's one that I struggle to learn and remember in my life. Kouzen shows me balance: he is the expert worker in his field (literal and figurative), but you might never know that from how he does his work. Underestimate him and you'll find out, but how he carries himself keeps his mastery of work and growth and agriculture from being the first thing that you see.

I'm pretty okay with that part, but that's the part I get tripped up about. I don't find anything fulfilling professionally or personally about illustrating what I know,, but there is a difference between going about your business and actively hiding from those moments where you can insert who you are and what you know.

I'm a hider. It might sound kind of funny coming from someone who has been writing a blog in the internet for close to a decade, but it's true: I am actually pretty shy and private and being the center of attention--professional or personal--is kind of horrifying to me. I've reached the point in my life where I don't feel I have a lot to prove because I know what I know, but in many ways that's just not possible for me. I don't work in a field where I can just close my office door and have it all be fine, and the lwa have made clear time after time that I cannot just ride off into Ginen with them and live a private life.

This has something that is always a struggle for me because I am introverted and like my alone space and time. It comes back to the good ol' lessons the lwa want me to learn over and over: balance and vulnerability. Sometimes it goes well, sometimes I react like a cat thrown into a bathtub full of water. The lwa win some, I lose some.

I had to get my ass in gear with the notions of balance and putting myself out there and being vulnerable in knowing my worth and demanding (politely) that it be recognized when I found myself completely dissatisfied with my job(s). I was working two jobs (houngans and manbos know about that hustle...) and making good money, but I was ready to work one job and free up time for spiritual work and projects.

I took a chance and applied for a job that was juuuuust within my experience. It was definitely bigger than what I was doing and while it was within my experience level, I honestly wasn't perfectly qualified....but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, so I buffed up the resume, sent it off, and sat with my lwa about it. I told them that if this was where I was supposed to go next, I knew they would clear the way.

I didn't get it.

I made it through two rounds of interviews, but ultimately there was an incumbent with 10 more years of experience than I have, and that's almost always a losing equation. I was okay with it because I still had work and at the end of the day, I don't have to love my job to cash the paychecks.

BUT....the lwa had another plan. The team of interviewers liked me, and so I got headhunted for a position that was very, very in line with my professional experience and goals. I spoke with them several times about it and they made me an offer....and it was so low I almost rejected the offer outright.

I was both angry and scared at the same time; angry because the salary offer was ridiculously offensive based on my career history and scared because I have never been in a position to turn down a job offer or, honestly, negotiate.

This time was the first time in my life that I was planning to leave a job because I wanted to. I grew up in a upper working class home and as an adult have spent too much time jobless and underemployed to discount steady work and a regular paycheck. It was scary as hell to be staring down the possibility of kicking the steady paycheck to the side in favor of taking a step into the unknown.

When I got the offer letter, I sat down with the lwa and literally cried because I was so burned out with my other job that it was affecting my performance, but here I was getting a bullshit offer for a hugely involved job. It felt like a loss if I took it and affirmed that both my experience and what they were asking of me was only worth what they were offering. It felt like a loss if I didn't take it, because those opportunities do not come alone like that very often.

It was such a moment of unique despair. Like, I was not hurt or anything tragic but that feeling like I was painted into a corner and that the choices in front of me would leave me at a loss was HUGE and real. For me, when I feel like that it's hard for me to turn on the part if my brain that's analytical. I just need to sit in my misery for a minute (or more) until I get it together enough to figure out what to do.

That is where the blessing of Kouzen (and really all the lwa) came in. He told me to go back to the table, creat another option, and ask for my worth. Like, not swing my proverbial dick and be an asshole, but go be vulnerable and say that the offer was disappointing and that I expected more. So weird because it makes so much sense, right? And yet there I was totally sold that I was either going to be worked like a mule for less money than I was making already, or I was going to remain in The Bad Place until something else came along.

So I did. Even if I felt pessimistic about it (I did) and thought they would say no (convinced of it), I did what I was told because at the end of the day I agreed to sèvis lwa because I believe in the vision the lwa have for me. Some days I say that through gritted teeth, but that's my guiding principle and they have never let me down.

I sent in my counteroffer and waited for the 'we're sorry, but..' email. It was fucking scary. My agency is a behemoth in my field and has been around forever, so pushing back felt a little bit like David versus Goliath, and I didn't have the benefit of a sling and a rock.

It took two days but they got their offer almost to what I asked for, so I took it and it was a huge relief. I am sure that somewhere in the background Kouzen maybe did a quiet fist pump of 'Alex learned a thing' before going back to his work.

In all seriousness, that's a lesson I have struggled so hard with and it was a moment where I had to put it all into practice and rely on what the lwa have taught me as being an ultimate truth. Knowing my worth is not enough; I have to be able to communicate that in a way that both opens doors and doesn't get me used as a doormat. Not doing that seems like it would be almost offensive to Kouzen because, at least in this case, it would be essentially leaving money on the table and wasting it. My Kouzen is very rational about money, but the idea of not trying to set up my financial future makes his eyes bug out and would probably result in Having To Have A Conversation, which I avoid at all costs. Nothing like the lwa reminding you not to fuck up your own blessings.

Getting settled into this particular blessing has been what has been occupying my time the most these days. I came back from Haiti and went right into this job. I have finally clawed my way into administration and, in a very Kouzen twist, am responsible for managing several million dollars worth of grants and spending them both quickly and wisely. I work closely with the person in the position I originally interviewed for and am really happy I didn't get that job, as I am able much better fit where I am.

What else? In late January, I turned in a final draft of a chapter I was tapped to write for a book detailing the experiences of people who are converts to African Traditional and Diasporic religions. I'm excited to see the book when it comes out; I was the only writer on Haitian Vodou, and so it is chock full of other experiences from people from all different places who converted at some point in their life to a huge variety of African and African Descended religions and cultural practices. It's a project that has been in the works for several years, and it was interesting to see personal growth during my involvement in it and while tracking and detailing my journey from a fairly conservative Protestant upbringing to where I am now as a sèvitè lwa.

My living situation has changed up in the middle of this and I am once again at a point in my life where I have a dedicated space for my lwa. Living in one of the most expensive cities in the US has meant roommates and keeping my lwa in a closet in my room (my most recent roommate lovingly referred to them as the Closet People), but the lwa managed to swing it so I have a room dedicated to my spirits.

I have longing for that for so long...it's been years since that was a reality, and now it's finally a thing again. I always have the room for my lwa as my studio space too, since they are a creative force behind a lot of it, and it make my heart so full again to have room to spread out. It's such a gift for me. No more sitting down to pray and having my roommate start to have sex with their partner on the other side of the wall....I cannot tell you how many times that has happened.

Recently I listened to my mother tell some folks how to make tchaka/Kouzen's favorite meal. The regleman/ritual food is one of the most important parts of both ceremony and personal relationships with the lwa, and Kouzen reminded me that it had been quite awhile since I made him tchaka and boy his stomach would feel so much better with some tchaka in it and I already had a lot of the ingredients and wouldn't it be delicious to make some doumbrey for the tchaka too?

...so I went shopping for what I would need for tchaka for my beloved Kouzen because I have clearly neglected his stomach for too long. Living in a city with a huge Haitian population is great because the Haitian grocery store I went to had joumou/Haitian pumpkin, lalo sèk/dried jute leaves, tritri/tiny dried shrimp, djondjon/Haitian black mushrooms, fresh kowosol/soursop(!!!!!), and fresh lam veritab/breadfruit(!!!!!!!!!!).

It is so rare to find fresh kowosol and lam up here in New England because it def doesn't grow here and it doesn't last well when it's shipped....but it looked great today. The kowosol is going to be for me...ji kowosol ak lèt is a favorite, ESPECIALLY with a little Barbancourt poured in...and Kouzen will either get some tomtom or at least boiled lam veritab with his tchaka. Also have the makings of some bonbon siwo, so this husband is gonna eat GOOD. He deserves it.

And then...? Our live-on-Zoom socially distanced fet Kouzen will be sometime late in May. Making our fets available for folks to 'attend' at a distance has been surprisingly cool. I was not thrilled about the idea because of my personal hangups (I hate being on camera) but it's been really wonderful and has been a way for people who can't get to the temple to be able to share energy and get a taste of what a real Haitian fet is like. COVID isn't going away anytime soon, so we'll probably keep doing our fetes this way for awhile.

And...Haitian Summer is coming. I could write another whole post on what's going on down in Haiti, but I am very much looking forward to our kanzo and fet cycle this summer. My very favorite ceremonies are part of kanzo, and I love the opportunity to see the lwa in their home in the temple. I've been so lucky to be able to travel safely to Haiti several times during this mess, and it has fed my soul. It's safer for me and many of my family members now that we are vaccinated, so one less thing to worry about.

With Kouzen's month and the season of spring, I hope for growth in new directions for each of you, complete with all the blessings that Kouzen can bring: fertility and fecundity, inspiration, energy, commitment, rootedness, solid partnerships, and wise investments in self, community, relationships, and business ventures. May the fresh breeze bring you health with every breath and wealth with every exhale.

#vodou #haitian vodou #kouzen #kouzen zaka #azaka mede #fet kouzen #manje lwa #real vodou #voodoo

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Join us for a virtual Fet Kouzen!

Sosyete Nago will once again be hosting a Zoom event while we celebrate Kouzen and his family. May 22 is the date, and the details will be at the link below....hope you'll join us!

Sosyete Nago's Fet Kouzen Zoom event invite and ticketing info

I personally wasn't super excited about the idea of a livestream happening during our fetes but I am happy to be proven wrong...it's really been nice, and I am kinda enjoying it.

#vodou #haitian vodou #real vodou #fet kouzen #azaka mede #kouzen zaka #manje lwa #kouzen #kouzin

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It's cold and I am missing Haiti something fierce right now, so tonight I made akasan.

Akasan is a corn-based cereal-drink that is super common in Haiti and is also manje Ginen, or food that we give our lwa. In Haiti, it's cooked up in huge batches and sold road-side and in the market places as breakfast or a filling snack. Since it is often eaten/drunk cold, vendors will usually pour some into carefully folded leaves for you and tie it off with a bit of string. If you're in Haiti or in an area with a Haitian community, you can try out AK-100, which is commercially prepared and canned akasan.

To prepare akasan to eat, you will need:

1.5-2 cups water or milk, depending on how much you want to make. I use milk when I want to drink it for breakfast.

1 can (14oz) of evaporated milk. Not condensed milk, and not sweetened milk.

1/4 to 1/2 cup akasan/corn flour, depending on the consistency you want. I like mine thicker when I am having it for a meal. You're not going for fine ground grits or anything that mine seem sandy; you want flour that has the same consistency as white flour. Madame Gougousse is a Haitian brand found in some parts of the US, and a lot of chain grocery stores will have some brand of corn flour in with gluten free products or in the baking section.

1/4-1/2 cup sugar, to taste

1 tablespoon vanilla extract or essence (esans vaniy is used almost exclusively in Haiti)

1/2 teaspoon salt, or more to taste

3 star anise pods

2 cinnamon sticks or powdered cinnamon

Bring the water/milk and evaporated milk, star anise, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla to a boil over medium-high heat. DON'T WALK AWAY FROM IT. When it is starting to steam and you see little bubbles at the edge of the pan, put down your phone and watch it. If you don't keep your eye on it, it will boil over FAST and ruin your day and your kitchen.

Once it is at a boil, you can add the corn flour. It has a tendency to clump like polenta does, so you can either be okay with little lumps that you work out with as much stirring as possible, or you can prep your corn flour by mixing it will just enough milk/water to make it into a paste and add it by dropping in pieces of the paste and stirring a lot. I always forget to do that when I make it to eat and I don't care about lumps, so I bypass that step and just stir with a whisk.

Cook it for 5-6 minutes or so, stirring constantly. It will thicken up a bit, and once it has thickened to where you like it, it's done. If you want to drink it cold, you'll want to pull it off the heat a little early...it will thicken more once it cools.

After that...it's ready to eat! You can fish out the star anise pods and cinnamon sticks or leave them in, it doesn't change it. I usually drink mine in a coffee cup and burn my throat because it will be HOT...but it's sooo delicious.

Some people will sub out the evaporated milk for an equal amount of canned coconut milk, which sounds delightful. Tonight, I grated in some Haitian chocolate because that sounded good...you could add cocoa powder or any cut up chocolate pieces you might have.

For me, akasan reminds me of breakfast in Haiti and smells like my mother's house. It was the first manje lwa she let me learn how to cook, and I absolutely destroyed her kitchen (see: WATCH THE MILK) while does it, but it turned out good and it made it onto that night's table for the ceremony we were celebrating.

Bon apeti!

(I have not forgotten about questions waiting to be answered...it's been a busy month and I'm hoping to have time over the holiday break this week to answer them. Thank you for your patience.)

#vodou #haitian vodou #manje ayisyen #manje peyi a #manje lwa