What got me when I got back from Haiti? When you travel overseas to a third-world country, you can experience what is called: culture shock. This is a feeling of anxiety and confusion when operating in a different cultural environment. You can even reach a level of anger when your inner core belief system opposes how [...]
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Listen to this post: People That Change The World – Part 1 timdetellis.com What kinds of people want to change the world? Let’s answer two questions to help us understand this. 1. What motivates people to make a difference? A. Discontent. Discontent is the mother of change. The urge to do something about solving a problem can drive someone [...]
Monday, January 24, 2011
The awareness of Haiti on a scale from 1 to 10 is a 10. Noise is loud, but change takes time and attention. I’m writing this post in response to an urge to help bring a clear perspective on the separation between awareness and making a life changing difference impact. Here is my premise: first comes [...]
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
This video is about a High School student, Allison Starcher, that flew to Haiti on 1/9/2010 the Saturday before the earthquake. The very next day, Sunday 1/10 she met her sponsored child for the first time. Then, two days later on Tuesday, 1/12 the historic earthquake hit. Friday, 1/15/2010, she was evacuated from Haiti. I [...]
Saturday, December 11, 2010
As I write this post, I’m sitting on a small blue school chair on the sidewalk at our mission in Leogane, Haiti. It’s a quiet Saturday as school children are home and this morning my brother Charlie gave away all the goats that once called the yard home. There must have been 12 goats. All [...]
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