November 3, 2004

• Thoughts on Trinidad

  
  

  In a few months I’ll be going to Trinidad.  Been there twice before.

  
  

  The prison ministry is a big deal there.  A few years ago, we collected some money, enough to pay a full-time pastor to be there for a year.  Eventually that turned into a long-term program.  Lots of prisoners coming to Christ.  That’s cool.  But because we work with the pre-trial inmates, most are gone within a year.  So it’s a whole new crowd each year we visit.  No real lasting relationships.

  
  

  The orphanage is a different matter.  They’re there long-term.  One of the boys there is named Clint.  The first year I went, he was about armpit-high.  The next year he was taller than me.  He’s introspective and mature for his age.  He was entranced by my Palm, so this year I’m going to give him my old one.  The orphanage has a new computer center from donations, but I don’t know if it’s in use.  I think they might be short on computer teachers.  I should look into that now before I go.  It would be cool to teach Clint and other kids how to use computers.  It could help them find jobs when they grow up and have to leave the orphanage.  I wonder if they have internet access there.  I also wonder if Clint will have problems keeping his Palm from being stolen.  A lot of kids there don’t own shoes, so that’s a weird disparity for one kid to own a PDA.  Should I bring shoes?  Bibles?  It’s kind of mind-boggling to think about.
  

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