POSSIBLE JOURNAL THOUGHTS AS YOU PREPARE FOR MISSION
AND AS YOU LIVE IT –
WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR THIS JOURNEY?
HOW WILL YOU BE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THERE?
HOW WILL YOU BE MEETING YOUR OWN NEEDS?
WHAT MIGHT HELP YOU TO KEEP AS YOUR PRIORITY WHILE IN HAITI TO BE PRESENT AND NOT ACCOMPLISH GREAT
FEATS OR BRING PRESENTS?
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU WILL SERVE?
HOW IS THEIR CULTURE DIFFERENT?
(HISTORY, COMMUNITIES, POLITICS,GEOGRAPHY,LANGUAGE (dialect?), RELIGIOUS
BELEIFS AND PRACTICES, EMPLOYMENT ISSUES, HEALTH ISSUES, ETIQUETTE (are there
differences in their table manners – approach to people –greetings – leave
taking – public displays of affection – dress code [Examples: in New Orleans
places to eat are central to what has disappeared. In the Dominican Republic Christian Women do not wear sleeveless
clothing. In Jamaica it is impolite to
eat in public – no walking down the street eating fast food. In New England many people use few words and
do not express emotions easily – but their appreciation is just as real!])
HOW CAN
YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CULTURE WITH WHICH YOU WILL BE WORKING?
WHILE ON THIS TRIP, WHAT MIGHT YOU LEARN:
ABOUT
YOURSELF?
ABOUT YOUR TEAMMATES?
ABOUT
OTHERS?
ABOUT
HOW TO BE PART OF A CARING COMMUNITY?
ABOUT
GOD?
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