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More about short-term missions

Started by LakeNeuron · 11 months ago

One of my previous posts prompted some debate about the validity of short-term mission trips. Debra Snellen, co-founder of LEAMIS, noted the discussion and responded to it while e-mailing me about some business related to the upcoming trip. I asked Debra if I could share a snippet of her remarks ... Continue reading »

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  • Georganna Hancock

    3 years ago

    Umm, forgive my density, but is she saying that only white people know how to make soap? Human beings developed in Africa! I honestly can't think that soap-making didn't develop until we spread to the northland and turned white! What were the natives using when the colonials invaded their country? Or is it only whites who have this cleanliness fetish? Actually, more like only Americans. Usually it's the poor people who haven't lost such knowledge (them and back-to-the-landers like me). I don't want to get hung up on the specific skill set, thought. I thought the point was to give the poor a trade, which involves far more than production. I maintain that Africans know better how to market and distribute products in Africa. Of course, I can always be wrong, too!
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  • LakeNeuron

    3 years ago

    I fail to see anything in Debra's remarks that could possibly be interpreted, or even mis-interpreted, as "only white people know how to make soap."
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