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Article: Divi divi tree shows the spirit is blowing strong in Curacao.(mission knocks)
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- Presbyterian Record
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- December 1, 2003
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Bon Bini! Bon Bini! No, that's not a phrase from an East Side Mario's commercial. It's "Welcome! Welcome!" in Papiamento--a Creole language composed of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, Arawak Indian and African influences--spoken, appropriately enough, on the ABC Islands of the Caribbean. The high C of the island trio, Curacao (the other two are Aruba and Bonaire), was the site of the 2003 Young Adults in Mission work camp. By all accounts, the YAM participants left Curacao feeling more than welcomed.
There's a tree that grows in Curacao with a name that sounds like bank robbers after a heist. The divi divi is a small, Bonsai-like tree that always ...