Haiti, MTW, and the Etiennes

While doing research about ways to go to Haiti with a group, I thought of the possibility of going with a group doing relief/mission work.  Considering the stories I've heard about how poor the country is, I figured they'd still be rebuilding after the earthquake (heck--even with the resources we have in America, people were still rebuilding in New Orleans 2 or 3 years after Katrina and the related flooding).

I came across Mission to the World's website (http://www.mtw.org/) and saw that they did have short-term (one or two week) trips to Haiti.  I started communicating with the director that oversees trips to the Caribbean (he even got me somewhat interested in Jamaica), and I'm on the waiting list for trips for next year--they haven't put dates together yet.  So, we'll see just how much I'll make from my tutoring job, and if I have the mental fortitude to actually save enough of it to go.  With airfare, it'd still cost at least $1200, plus passport renewal and possibly immunizations.  It's been over 10 years since I've travelled overseas, so I'm probably due for at least a tetanus shot.  :)  And I don't know what other ones would be required...had to get the hepatitis A & B immunizations then too.

But, in my researching, I also came across an MTW missionary in Haiti.  A family.  The parents grew up in Haiti, were able to go to the university here in America, worked among Haitians in Miami for a while, then went  back to Haiti to start a church.  Here's their prayer card.  I was able to download the .pdf online, converted it to a .jpg in order to upload it here.  I have no idea if you can enlarge it in order to read the text, but if not, here's the link:

http://www2.mtw.org/home/site/content/documents/PCPL/EtienneEsaie.PC.pdf?_resolutionfile=pxpath
  documents/PCPL/EtienneEsaie.PC.pdf