Moving Back To Haiti - I Did It...

Back in those days the 'Haitian fear factor' was called 'Zenglendos.' It has since changed...

Moving to Haiti - The Fear Factor

You know... There is always a 'fear factor' in Haiti, something keeping Haitians abroad from moving back to Haiti... Something that 99.9% of Haitians in diaspora say: "When this over, lè Haiti chanje, m-ap retounen."

That fear factor is probably why many Haitians in the diaspora ask me these questions:

"You move back to Haiti? Are you Krezi??? "

"Why you... Why you want go back to Haiti for?"

"You are in America... Land of opportunity... You live in nice neighborhood... You drive nice car and you want go back to Haiti?"

Problem Yo!

Then they present me with the list of PROBLEMS Haiti has...

"Marengwen... Poussierre... Kidnapping... Murder... You fek tire yon moun Haiti la-a wi! O..O... Woody... Pran tet ou tande pitit!"

Haitians, some of them, talk about Haiti as if it is the ONLY country out there with problems, as if every other place on the planet is heaven and Haiti is hell on earth... Is it really?

I have a simple answer for all of them... I am the type of person who listen to my instincts. I've done many things in my life that others consider "crazy" because they are RISKY, including this very newsletter that you are reading now... There are those who think I should have a real job... a 9 to 5... You have an internet business? No No No... Get a real job... At least you get paid every Friday, some tell me...

I have regretted NONE of the decisions I've made in my life... As a matter of fact, I sometimes realize a few years after making the decision that I would have regretted NOT making the decision... Ou konprann?

Moving to Haiti - The Fear of DEATH!

I do agree that I may not die the same death in Haiti as I would in the United States but I believe I will die on the same exact day I am supposed to die no matter where I live... So what am I so afraid of?

I lost an older brother, Dior, he died in Orlando FL, 37 years old, He went to sleep and didn't wake up. I lost a younger brother, Evency, he died in Spring Valley New York, 33 years old, He was on his way to work on a motorcycle and a careless driver pulled out of a parking lot and killed him. If the fear of death is what is keeping you from moving back to Haiti then I am sorry to tell you: It's gonna get you where ever you are!

Moving to Haiti - Mission Accomplished

To some of us Haiti is a calling... I believe that the few of us who left Haiti were sent on a mission: To learn everything we can AND to come back and teach others what we have learned.

So... I did... I moved back to Haiti... For better or worse... Til death do us part!

Don't be afraid for me... Pray for me... Pray that I can dump all my knowledge onto some young minds in Haiti before my time is up.

M'ale

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