All too often I am asked… will you be safe? Were you scared? and after years of returning I grow a little irritated with this question. I used to say I am just at risk in downtown Toronto as I am in Haiti *and then I moved to Toronto*…
But a missionary in Haiti recently wrote a blog that spoke so well to this very question- below is an exert from his blog post. [the link to the blog is pasted below]
“BUT I HAVE recently been spending some time thinking about Haiti and have finally concluded after 21 years of living here, that it can be a very dangerous place. Some may be saying, “Ah it’s about time John got his head out of the sand and admitted that Haiti can be a dangerous place.”
Yes, those of us who live here can be in great, grave danger. We can be in danger of:
- Becoming numb to the cries of the poor.
- Not being moved to anger and compassion at the conditions in which many people live.
- Looking but not seeing.
- Hearing but not listening.
- Seeing what is but not what can be.
- Thinking that we need to change the Haitian culture to look like our culture and that the people aren’t doing it right because they don’t do it like we do.
- Thinking that living here is a sprint, when in reality, it’s a marathon.
- Being so practical about what we need to live that we limit God in what we do.
- Not totally depending on God for God’s work.
- Thinking that doing is more important than being.
Yes, it is true Haiti can be a dangerous place, perhaps as dangerous as where you live.” -John McHoul
http://johnmchoul.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/haiti-can-be-a-dangerous-place/
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