Confusing God's Idea of Missions with Patriotism

I'm frustrated. I've been that way for a few weeks. Here's the situation. I'm at work and our hospital Chaplain says "Karen, I want you to go on a mission trip with me!" I say "Where?" He replies "Alaska! From mid Sept. to Oct. We'll live with a tribe who self sustains, no Gov. aid and we need a nurse for the trip" I reply "Sounds awesome, but I can't because I leave for Haiti in October". His response floored me. "Yeah, I have to admit, I have issue with you going to Haiti. I think we are called to help here at home" I refrained from pointing out that Haiti is closer to my home than Alaska. I said "Usually when someone tells me that I should be helping locally, I say 'It sounds like God wants you to help in a specific place. I think you should listen to him', but in your case you are already doing that.' I fumbled through my response to him, and kicked myself for the past few weeks. My husband calmly reminded me that he is a human and will not be perfect. I get so frustrated when we confuse God's calling with patriotism. I get behind a lot of missions locally by either giving of my time, my kitchen or my dollars. I feel strongly that America is very, very blessed and if I hear "God Bless America" (which sounds like a 2 year old saying "Gimmee" imho) then I am just going to spit! I feel God HAS blessed America. America sucks it up like a sponge and wants more. I'm not hating on local missions, please don't get me wrong! I think there are some amazing people out there doing amazing things! Mother Teresa said "If you can't help everyone, just help one". My point is that God has called me for this specific task in this moment. It wasn't a pleasant "Yoo hoo, sweety!" kind of a call. It was an angry "Move when I tell you to move!" kind of call. Like he'd just about had it with me and my nonsense. I thought I was headed to Venezuela and he clearly pointed me (and then Jim) into Haiti. I didn't say "Sorry Lord, I'm just going to help at Matthew 25 , you can find someone else" because it just wasn't an option. I guess I am using my corner of the cyber world to throw my 2 year old tantrum or give my delayed rebuttal that the chaplain will never hear (He's in Alaska!). I just hope that if you decide to give an opinion about what someone else should be doing with their time or mission...well, you just shut up. If you ask God to bless you, yet again, you sure as heck better be a blessing to someone else. There, I have closure. Thanks for the vent.