paradigm shift

my best friend's father, an architect, gives this advice to his new students that shift the paradigms in vienna.  

now i am about to undertake a similarly radical paradigm shift in my own life as i prepare to embark into the mission fields of haiti. i surmise that -

changing his rallying cry a little to suit our group's particular mission, it should help me - and indeed all of our group 

                                                                                     - to prepare.

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What we are about to undertake is a deep immersion into Christ.

haiti.

The invitation is to come and ABSORB. All that we can. DESPERATELY.

It is an operation into GATHERING. Expect brokeness, humbleness,
suffering, listening, growing, witnessing, desiring, dancing, love,
transformation, shifting paradigms, living, miracles.
It is not a Sunday morning memory.

We will go off the beaten track. Our network of contacts, leaders,
and mentors are like no other. They look forward to us coming. AND
we have found some of the very best anywhere. We get in where no one
else goes.

There is no substitute for hearing and seeing. None.

What we do with the children of haiti WILL CHANGE OUR LIFE

And we will bank on it for the next 60 years.

IT IS RARE THAT ANY AVERAGE PERSON WOULD TRAVEL INTO SUCH PLACES. AMEN.

JUST TO HAVE MET PERE IS WORTH $3.5 MILLION.