Zomwe zidatengedwa pazomwe Ajezwiti adasiya ndikuphunzira mosamala ndi Eligio Moisés Coronado.
Monga momwe zidachitikira ndi mautumiki onse a Baja California, zikuwonetsa chuma cha Santa Gertrudis, kuphatikizapo chithunzi chokongola cha Woyera, chomwe chabwezeretsedwanso masiku ano, mtanda wopambana komanso mphodza ya Our Lady of the Rosary yomwe yasungidwa m'nyumbayi. M'ndandanda yomwe tafotokozayi tiuzidwa zakutukuka kwa mishoni: mu sacristy nsalu 12, "osawona" ndi satin chasubles adasungidwa, kuphatikiza pa dalmatics, Brittany albs ndi zokongoletsa zina kuti zizigwira ntchito, zonsezo nsalu zapamwamba ndi nsalu.
Panali mitanda ndi makandulo a siliva, komanso zofukizira zazitsulo zomwezo, munalinso ma lecterns: imodzi yasiliva ndipo inayo ya kamba. Ma cruisets ofunikira anali, atatu awiri a iwo opangidwa ndi siliva ndipo wina mu "chinaware" adabweretsa Manila Galleon yomwe idamangirira koyamba, atadutsa Pacific, ku San José del Cabo. Chithunzi chokongola cha Dona Wathu wa Rosary, ali ndi Mwana m'manja mwake "ali wokongoletsedwa ndi ngale, korona wa siliva, zokongoletsera ngale, miyala yamtengo wapatali ya ngale, maunyolo ang'onoang'ono agolide, mikanda ya ngale ...". Tisaiwale kuchuluka kwa ngale zomwe zidatengedwa kuchokera ku nkhono za Baja California komanso mtundu wawo wabwino kwambiri. Tsoka ilo, adasowa mzaka makumi atatu za izi m'zaka za zana lino chifukwa cha mliri, makamaka panthawi yolimba mtima komanso munthawi ya Porfirio Díaz, azimayiwo adavala mikanda yayikulu ya ngale, ina yamiyala yakuda ndi yakuda.
Pogwiritsira ntchito, amishonale a Santa Gertrudis anali ndi "mbale khumi ndi zitatu zochokera ku China, makapu asanu ndi limodzi ochokera ku China," komanso "mabotolo asanu ndi limodzi akale a Guadalajara." Kukongola kwa zadothi zaku China zidakhalapo ndi "zida zitatu, matebulo anayi, imodzi yolumikizidwa ndi chikopa cha ng'ombe ... ma comales awiri" ndi zinthu zina zogwiritsa ntchito. Mu Mission munalinso nthawi yowerenga, popeza pa shelufu yamatabwa panali "mazana ndi mabuku ambiri, akulu ndi ang'ono, atsopano ndi akale." Abambo Amurrio sanalembe maudindo awo, koma m'mabuku ena mndandanda wazikhalidwe za amishonalewo zatsimikiziridwa, omwe amawerenga miyoyo ya oyera mtima komanso zolembedwa m'mbiri, kufunsa madikishonale m'zilankhulo zosiyanasiyana ndikusangalala ndi kuwerenga Mbiri. a Pirates, ndithudi ntchito yoyamba ya Schemeling yamtundu wake - omwe m'zombo zawo zoopsa adasochera Manila Galleons.
Dona wathu wa Loreto, woyera woyera wa maJesuit, sakanatha kupezeka pazosungidwa za Santa Gertrudis; Komabe, chithunzicho chazimiririka, zomwe zasungidwa ndikuwulula kosangalatsa komanso kokongola kuyambira m'zaka za zana la 18 utoto wofiyira, komanso nkhungu yachitsulo yopanga makamu ndi tornavoz yomwe inali paguwa.
Kulemera kwa Santa Gertrudis la Magna mpaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 19 akadali phunziro. Tilola okonda maluso omwe dziko lathu lili nawo, kuti kudzera mwa mphwayi kapena umbuli kuyeserera kwachitsanzo kwa iwo omwe amamvetsetsa kufunikira ndi kukongola kwa chilumba cha California, imodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri za Mlengi, atayika? Mmishonale waku Italiya ku bungwe la Comboni, a Mario Menghini Pecci atsimikiza kuti sizomwe zili choncho ndipo agwira ntchito yotsogola yobwezeretsa Santa Gertrudis la Magna ndi San Francisco de Borja. Mothandizidwa ndi gulu lothandizira, osati lochokera ku Baja California kokha, koma kuchokera ku Mexico City, United States ndi Italy, adakwanitsa gawo loyamba lokonzanso Santa Gertrudis, momwe gulu lomwe lachita zambiri zochitika. Komabe, pakufunika kuchitidwa zambiri, pantchito yomwe yatchulidwayi komanso ku San Francisco de Borja, yomwe, yomwe idatayika kwambiri pachilumbachi, imachezeredwa ndi opembedza okhulupirika a oyera mtima onse pamisonkhano yawo komanso alendo ambiri omwe amadziwa momwe angapezere kukongola kobisika m'munda wokongola wa Allah.
Source: Mexico mu Time # 18 Meyi / June 1997
