From Winston Salem-
Many of Haiti's man-made structures have been destroyed in the earthquake, but the country will rebound, the head of an international relief agency says.
"We can't sit here in the United States and say, ‘This is what you need, and we'll pay for it,'" said Rob Radtke, the president of Episcopal Relief & Development.
The Haitian people need to be allowed to chart their own course through the disaster, Radtke said.
He will be the keynote speaker at the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina's 194th annual convention in Winston-Salem. The convention will open today at the Benton Convention Center and continue through Saturday.
The theme of this year's convention -- "100,000 ways to Say Welcome" -- "focuses on Episcopal efforts to extend a welcome out into the world," said the Rev. Michael B. Curry, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. That means feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and transforming the world by faith through partnerships.
"People don't need us doing to them," Curry said. "The point is to do God's work with them."
More here-
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/jan/22/episcopal-diocese-meeting-opens-today/
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