26/7 - Day 5: Whale fat and a lot of love

Nuunu and I went to Heldora and Akadu, the leaders of the little congregation’s house for what I thought would be coffee. When we got there we were received warmly and taken to the table almost immediately, where we sat down to a meal of Greenlandic food: dried seal, half-dried unsalted cod, salted but very raw looking other fish with a redder meat, and raw whale fat. The whale fat looks like spotted grey marble with a layer of pink flesh attached to it. This flesh is supposed to be very nutricious and one of the main sources of vitamins the old Inuit had. I tried everything and the fish was very good, I could stomach the seal with the help of some Aromat, but the whale was a bit much and I did not manage more than a mouth full. After the meal we had coffee and home backed cake. This in itself was very good, but in combination with the meal my digestive system was really surprised and a bit unhappy with my lack of caution.

Apart from the culinary challenges the meeting with Heldora and Akadu was very blessed and I came away fulle of love and wonder about the goodness of God. Nuunu was nervous that she would have to translate, because she did not feel sure of her English, and they speak very little English, but she did very well, and more than once testified that the holy Spirit must be translating because Heldora and Akadu and I would be repeating each other’s thoughts almost word by word without knowing what the other had said. They invited me to share about what I’m doing at their meeting the next day.