The time invested here in Haiti, with an aim to gain deeper insight into cultural expression, diversity, personality had provided me with experiences that not only did I not expect, but never conceived would be reality.

If I had to sum up a topic that resembles the most obvious, enriching and valuable lessons I have learned his far, it would cultural human dynamics.

Working here at Trinity House has been a mixture of two cultures, five people, five personalities with multiple ideas each, desires and suggestions of many kinds and five thick skulls to top it off.

Granted that we all have the same aim and a desire to work as a team, with the challenges of the language barriers, the mixture of very diverse backgrounds both in upbringing as well as culturally, in conjunction with the large age range -the youngest on this mentoring team is 24, the oldest is 76.

Learning how to suggest ideas without appearing to want to take charge; learning how to appropriately communicate ideas through the language barriers without the wrong message being sent; learning how to know when to take charge, and when to stand aside; learning how to adapt to culturally acceptable/non-acceptable standards, learning how to confront someone much older then you when they are in the obvious wrong and creating scenarios that are unnecessary; learning to stand up for yourself and not only establish your personal boundaries, but remain true to your word by abiding to them; these and many other are some of the major running themes of lessons embraced.