Haiti – Religion

The event in Haiti where the 10 “Christian” people attempted to take 33 children across the boarder into the Dominican Republic has me wondering about the people I live with here in the US.

First, let me set the record straight. Many people that know me think that I am not supportive of the people of Haiti post the massive earthquake they weathered. I am. I am 100% behind sending help and support their way to help them get back on their feet and to help clean up the mess left over from the devastating earthquake. My problem with Haiti is the corruption that I have seen in the people from Haiti that I have come in contact with, which have been many such people. I have not, as yet, met one Haitian that was not corrupt in more than one way. I pray that not all Haitians are corrupt though!

Back on track now: While I do not think all 10 of the US Citizens involved in this event knew 100% what was going on, I feel confident that many did know that what they were doing was illegal, in Haiti, the US and Internationally! One does not go into a devastated area such as this area, pick up 33 children and put them in a bus and drive away without any paperwork, legal status, etc, in the hopes of taking the kids to a place that caters to families trying to adopt children and a second purpose to indoctrinate those children into your faith base.

I am pretty sure with some of those kids that were “taken” from existing parents, that money exchanged hands between this group and the parents. This is human trafficking. Plain and simple! And I’m not 100% against the parents in this case, it it provided them with some badly needed money, while giving their children a chance to grow in a better condition. I AM 100% against the people on the other side that probably paid that money and took the kids though.

What Haiti needs is for people to come in and help heal the hurt and sick, help feed and water the hungry, build temporary and permanent housing for the homeless, and help the nation rebuild their lives. We don’t need to be looking at the nation as a place to build our families, or our wealth. (These kids were apparently going to a place in DR that was basically an orphanage that taught the faith and housed the kids until people paying big money would come to the resort and pick their new families then head to the US, meaning people were going to make money off of this move. This is NOT what Christianity is about!)