Thursday, September 22, 2011
Post Earthquake Development note
The President of Haiti met with the president of the Dominican Republic, Fernandez who "reiterated his commitment to donate the university being built by the Dominican government in Haiti next January 12, and announced a donation of two buses, so the students who live far from the new facility can attend, and told Martelly that he secured with U. S. friends a donation of 15,000 books for the college."
Sunday, September 18, 2011
What's most important
This morning we went to the Calvary Chapel in our neighborhood here in Port-au-Prince. One point I really appreciated was when Pastonr Serge told us about how someone said he was a naive pastor because people were telling him lies and he didn't know it. The person said "you believe everything people tell you." I liked his response.
He said that he's relaxed about whether people are telling him the truth or lying because what's more important is loving them. If I were speaking, I would qualified that, saying something about how you don't act on everything as if it's true, but in some cases it doesn't matter if what the person is telling you is true or not. But I guess he assumes people know that he's not running around acting on every lie he's told. I really admire him for being willing to focus on loving people with Christ's love and prioritizing that over other things. I think I spend too much time/effort trying to figure out if what some people tell me is true.
Living here in Haiti and trying to help people, there is another aspect to it. Apparently, many times those who are honest and hard-working will never give you a story to try to get you to help them financially, but those who are dishonest may get money they don't really need while someone else suffers. So, we try to be wise when it comes to that.
The other point Pastor Serge made was that he doesn't expect people who are not Christians to act like Christians. His ministry is to reach out to those who lie and commit all kinds of sins, so he puts up with it because he wants to see them find a new life. I admire that.
He said that he's relaxed about whether people are telling him the truth or lying because what's more important is loving them. If I were speaking, I would qualified that, saying something about how you don't act on everything as if it's true, but in some cases it doesn't matter if what the person is telling you is true or not. But I guess he assumes people know that he's not running around acting on every lie he's told. I really admire him for being willing to focus on loving people with Christ's love and prioritizing that over other things. I think I spend too much time/effort trying to figure out if what some people tell me is true.
Living here in Haiti and trying to help people, there is another aspect to it. Apparently, many times those who are honest and hard-working will never give you a story to try to get you to help them financially, but those who are dishonest may get money they don't really need while someone else suffers. So, we try to be wise when it comes to that.
The other point Pastor Serge made was that he doesn't expect people who are not Christians to act like Christians. His ministry is to reach out to those who lie and commit all kinds of sins, so he puts up with it because he wants to see them find a new life. I admire that.
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