Monteverde Quaker settlement

Monteverde is settled since 1951 by Quakers. Every year on the 19th of April time is standing still in order to remember the arrival here in Monteverde. With a potluck at mid day people of the area are gathering together and sit in the grass to share this meal together. They remember with some of the still with us and original members of the community the arrival day here. That time here was no road, no housing, no fields or supermarkets or restaurants established. I have been sitting many times of these April 19th days. It is truly a very special feeling. I imagine how it must have felt having just yourself and some pots with you, hoping to find some dry wood to cook this lunch. And in our days, when the electricity, water or internet fails in the area for a short amount of time, I have no understanding for our days, for how we determine luxury, while that time the luxury was to have a cooked meal and have arrived somewhere that they wanted to settle down and build something up. During many years they achieved this goal and still in our days the Quakers do not want more than during that time. As for me, I call this sustainability, which I will write about in another blog post.