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Global Recon
February 27, 2004
Leaving Haiti
My wife and I and our friends, Kent and Shelly, left Haiti on Tuesday (February 24) afternoon. We decided to do so on Monday afternoon as we were hearing an increasing number of reports about chime (pronounced sheemair) setting up roadblocks in Port-au-Prince and steeling cars and looting. We knew that American Airlines, the primary airlines for flying to and from the U.S., would likely suspend service at some point. I feel relief that we are not in Haiti right now. We are mourning for our Haitian friends and Haitians in general as they receive yet another blow: a terrible economy that continues to spiral downward as a result of this conflict, the political uncertainty and increased insecurity, discouragement because of being let down by people who you trusted to help you... Yesterday, Kathy Kern with Christian Peacemaker Teams, who lived in Haiti during the coup years in 1993-94, telephoned me. Here is the article she wrote for Mennonite Weekly Review, a national Mennonite newspaper based in Newton, Kansas: Kathy Kern's article on Haiti in Mennonite Weekly Review Posted by John Engle at February 27, 2004 06:24 AM | TrackBackComments
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