JFK PT-109 RESCUER KUMANA FAMILY 2017
To JFK's Solomon Islands rescuer's grandson:
Greetings Aaron Malakana,
It's been a long time since we communicated -- or since you added new stories on your blog. I hope you and all your family are well.
I put a story on ORWELL TODAY about the new Solomon Islands $1-dollar coin which came into circulation in honour of JFK's 100th birthday this year and in memory of his heroism and rescue by your grandfather, Aaron Kumana, after the PT-109 went down in 1943.
JFK 100th BIRTHDAY $1 SOLOMONS COIN
(legal tender/purest .999 silver/frosted finish)
watch 2017 Solomon Islands 1-oz JFK Silver Coin
SolomonTimes/AustralianMint, Jan 9, 2017
SOLOMON RESCUER KUMANA HONORS JFK
& JFK SOLOMON SWIMS SAVED SURVIVORS
All the best,
Jackie Jura
To Orwell Today,
Hello, and thanks for the information. Truly it is a long time. The problem is I have no computers to do my articles. I am living at home now. I sometimes go to the internet cafe where I may send greetings but to make an article costs me a lot.
By the way many things have happened here. We just finished hosting a ceremony. Here are some photos and my article. I happened to borrow a friend's laptop to give you some details.
Kongu Village Successfully Completed Christmas & New Year Program
About five hundred witnessed the official handover ceremony of the 2017 Christmas and New Year program at Kongu village Ranoggah Island, Western Province.
The program was mainly to build the solidarity among the generations of the 4 elders who brought alive the church into Kongu village:
     - 1st host family, Volo 2014
     - 2nd host family, Nego, 2015
     - 3rd host family, Aaron Kumana 2016
     - 4th host family, Tekulu
The two-week program which was commenced on the 26th December 2016 continued to gather relatives and friends around the country. The celebration hosted by Aaron Kumana's family really put the celebration in style. Kumana's youngest son, John F Kennedy rose the USA flag given by captain Ed Rhoades as his gift to Kumana. Along with the flag Kumana's family also displayed the head-statue of the 35th president of the United States, John F Kennedy, and pictures to honor their father, grandfather, great-great grandfather late Aron Kumana who helped resuce J F Kennedy.
The theme "We Were Born To Create Good Things" keeps reminding the community to continue to enjoy the 2 weeks of activities provided by Kumana's family.
During the handover ceremony the 2016 host family, relatives and friends escorted the 2017 host family -- the family of Solomon Tekelu -- to a landing craft where items like local foods, handcrafts, roasted pig, processing etc were displayed, symbolizing their happiness by accepting the next host family for 2017.
Next was the feasting, and the prize given for the winning groups for 2016, with a church leader and speeches encouraging each other.
Regards,
Aaron Malakana
Greetings again Aaron Malakana,
Wow, what a wonderful ceremony you held there at Aaron Kumana's home village of Kongu on Ranoggah Island celebrating Christmas and bringing in the New Year 2017.
You are truly living up to your grandfather's expectations and hopes for the village and for his descendents. You are keeping Kumana's dream alive -- and also the memory of JFK.
Congratulations on everything you have accomoplished this past year. If riches were counted in love and devotion you and your family would be millionaires.
All the best,
Jackie Jura
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Jackie Jura
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