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In mid-summer 1979 we sweltered while we traveled in Haiti one afternoon. Some vehicles had air conditioning. We weren't that fortunate. As we drove our 4x4 truck along the beautiful Caribbean, we came upon a man holding the biggest red snapper fish we had ever seen in Haiti. I slammed on the brakes. The man came running to the truck ready to make a sale. As we bartered back and forth we finally agreed on $7 for the fish. Most Haitians would work a week for that much money. The high price was worth it, however, for this fresh, fat fish! |
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Christmas music provided background noise as my 14-year-old daughter, Shela, and I sat amid the densely populated downtown market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Time trudged on in the late afternoon as we waited for a friend. We could only wait because in 1980 no one had cell phones on our Caribbean island. |
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I met Paco on a Sunday evening. From the very first moment I knew Paco was a man who faced many challenges in his life. His gestures were exaggerated and could be alarming to the timid. He didn’t sit still for long, but throughout the worship service was up and down, in and out. Paco found acceptance, however, and a family with the people of El Buen Samaritano, a ministry of the Church of the Nazarene in Guadalajara, Mexico. |
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