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A follow-up on 1st time traveler to Haiti solicits advice, Linda -

Thank you for those very sobering thoughts.

Unfortunately, my personal circumstances do not allow the luxury of spending more than a week, at least at this time, visiting w/ our friends in Cerca la Source.

And, I can not be optimistic about learning the Kreyol language.

I almost flunked out of college attempting to learn French!

Fortunately, I am not a missionary, at least in the typical sense of that term ("a person sent on the work of a religious mission").

Those whom we will visit are of the same religious faith as I. I hope what we will be doing is sharing our journey of faith, sharing our lives on the way to eternal life. Not an easy thing for either of us to do, at least well.

Personally, as Tiba noted earlier, I anticipate that I will be the primary beneficiary of the experience, not the giver.

I would hope I will be able, somehow, to recipricate at least in part for the hospitality and affection I expect will be offered to me.

I will copy your suggestions and provide them to my two traveling companions.

I think they will add to our appreciation of what it is we are about on this trip.

larry mulligan

The topic is: 1st time traveler to Haiti solicits advice!
This is a reply to Msg 13313
Posted by Larry Mulligan on February 14 2009 at 9:00 PM

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Tiba says...

Hey Larry, While I admire your generosity and the willingness to help those Haitians in Plateau Central, but at the same time I consider more »

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Greg Peters says...

The best advice that I have for you is to contact FONDWA. Click: apfhaiti.org. They have a lot of experience with subsistance farming. Teaching more »

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Larry Mulligan says...

Thanks, Linda - get your rest, and if you have the time and energy, I would value your thoughts. And I hope there are others who will weigh more »

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Linda says...

Dear Larry; I commend you for your attempt to gather various forms of advice before you attempt to move forward. I am too tired right now to more »

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Larry Mulligan says...

Tiba - Thank you for your thoughts & suggestions. I agree that it is our friends who will have the major say as to what, if anything, we can more »

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Tiba says...

Larry, You're welcome! Just remember to always adhere to the concept of the helping theory "Doing WITH them instead of Doing FOR them" and you'll more »

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Larry Mulligan says...

Thank you, again, Tiba, for the good advice. I agree about not expecting anything but being open to all that comes. And, I know when I try to more »

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Linda says...

Larry (Mulligan), if youâ€™ve been on this blog for a while, then you know that there are two groups of people that I more »

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Larry Mulligan says...

Linda - Thank you for those very sobering thoughts. Unfortunately, my personal circumstances do not allow the luxury of spending more than a more »

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Linda says...

I understand that you are a member of missionary organization called Holding Hands missionary organization; How are you not a more »