When I was still in Kenya, one of my neighbors questioned me about Haiti. “Why do you [Americans/the American government] send money so far away to Africa when Haiti is just there [so close to your border] and the people living there are so poor?”
It wasn't something that we got into much at the time (foreign policy was a little beyond the often interrupted scope of the dialogue), but it was definitely a conversation that I remembered.
Ironically enough, I am going to Haiti this summer, with a group from the youth group at my church, because of an earthquake that snapped Americans out of a little of their complacency. July 22nd - 31st we'll be working with Haitian Christian Mission on a VBS – Vacation Bible School – for kids who have never seen that type of thing before.
Over half the team has never been out of the country, but they have been on other ministry trips before. In fact, well over half of the kids were on the Bridgetown trip just a few weeks ago.
Part of the first Haiti training included a note make sure that food was in Ziplocs – to keep out the ants. The girl next to me just smiled and whispered, “It's okay. You just flick them off.” [demonstration with her fingers of flicking ants off a Voodoo Donut].
Haha. Glad there's one thing that won't be new to them when we get to Haiti!
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