Harvest Hope Panamá Damarli Estate Coffee Farm

Harvest Hope Panama Notes

Sunday Afternoon at the coffee plantation. Usually there are about seven ex pats. They may be Canadians, South Africans or from the United States. They may be white and black. They are God's people that God has brought here to follow His purposes. They regularly attend the services. The children would sit on crawl up into the laps of these foreigners. Sometimes falling asleep as they were held. Many times one would see the children compare their the color of their arms to the color of these people who loved them. I believe they wondered at the difference but they simply puzzle it out in their own minds. They simply look at the two arms together and then look into the face of the one holding them. I picture them saying why is their skin a different color than mine? I also picture them saying, "so what", they love me.

These curious white and black people would help in various ways. At meal time they would bring back a meal and a drink for the children. Sometimes they would even feed the younger children. The kids know they are loved and that is enough.

As is normal, the group would segregate themselves by their language. Since the North Americans spoke English and some Spanish they would gather and talk among themselves when not occupied with the children. The Spanish and the Ngabe would do the same. Language segregates. If you can't speak a language in a country you seek those who speak your native tongue with which to gather. This is pretty normal throughout the history of mankind.

What the English speakers miss is the deadly battle between good and evil that goes on as the kingdom of God has moved into this group of Ngäbe people.

Previous to the start of the services here, Mama Tata was the ruling religion and no one dared to call upon another.

It was below the surface, this war. One has to speak Spanish and also earn the trust of the Ngabe to see and to understand the terrifying battles going on

As I mentioned, In the Ngäbe culture the religion is Mama Tata. Satan is called and worshiped by many different names in different cultures but it is always Satan that is under the name. Here Satan is disguised and called Mama Tata. These people were his people and chained to his kingdom. Satan does not intend on letting his kingdom be brought down by a few missionaries. Especially if the missionaries don't understand what was happening.

Witchcraft and the demonic do exist, in first world as well as third world countries.

Twins are considered "unlucky" in the Ngabe culture. However to the witches they are considered as a source of extra power.

One of the ladies in our worship service was in the Comarca and was expecting. The witch walked up to her and told her she would have twins. She did have twins.

The witch told her when the twins were born that the witch would not collect them immediately. The mother could keep them for four to seven years but they were the witches property. The witch would collect them when the time was correct. The witch would teach them how to serve Mama Tata.

Incidentally, human sacrifices are demanded and made by those who serve Mama Tata. The laws of Panama don't reach too deep into the recesses of the Comarca.

These twins as well as the other children, heard about Jesus at our coffee plantation church. Wilfrado gathered all the children together and drew a spiritual ring around them that would give them true protection when he first started services there.

Several weeks ago the witch came to take the twins. The mother did not know what to do. However, the twins started singing the Christian songs they had learned in the coffee plantation services.

I was told that the witch stopped short, shook her head and said these children are ruined for Mama Tata now. They are in the camp of another God.

Yes, they are.

Author: Michel Young

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