Comments on: Learning the Rules http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/21/learning-the-rules/ Let's give the Commission back to the church. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: stepchild http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/21/learning-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 stepchild Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:24:48 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/21/learning-the-rules/#comment-1211 Strider, So it sounds like you might have an idea of what I write about here... I agree about humility. We never do learn all of the rules, do we? I hope my post doesn't sound like I think I've got it all figured out. The longer I'm here, the more I realize how little I know. Since we realize that we will never be "one of them," (no matter how much we follow the rules) I guess the big question is whether we should even bother caring about the rules at all. People ask me that all the time. I don't know the answer, but I think that operating by the rules might somehow be important to indigenaity in church planting. Kari, Thanks. What are the rules for expats in your area? Strider,
So it sounds like you might have an idea of what I write about here…

I agree about humility. We never do learn all of the rules, do we? I hope my post doesn’t sound like I think I’ve got it all figured out. The longer I’m here, the more I realize how little I know.

Since we realize that we will never be “one of them,” (no matter how much we follow the rules) I guess the big question is whether we should even bother caring about the rules at all. People ask me that all the time. I don’t know the answer, but I think that operating by the rules might somehow be important to indigenaity in church planting.

Kari,
Thanks. What are the rules for expats in your area?

]]> By: Kari http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/21/learning-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 Kari Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:36:36 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/21/learning-the-rules/#comment-1209 I am so glad you put into words what has been spinning in my head since we moved to France. I am so glad you put into words what has been spinning in my head since we moved to France.

]]> By: Strider http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/21/learning-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 Strider Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:50:56 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/21/learning-the-rules/#comment-1207 I remember well our first flight out to the field. There was a national on the plane from where we were going and he was a total jerk. He didn't know how to behave on an airplane and he gave the stewardess fits. As I watched him I thought, 'Man, in less than 24 hours that is going to be me!' Now, 12 years later very few expats know the Middle Earth as well as I do. I know more customs and have had more experiences than most foreigners in Gondor and you know what I have found out? I don't know hardly anything about the culture that I live in. Humility. That is what we learn if we are listening well and that is enough. I remember well our first flight out to the field. There was a national on the plane from where we were going and he was a total jerk. He didn’t know how to behave on an airplane and he gave the stewardess fits. As I watched him I thought, ‘Man, in less than 24 hours that is going to be me!’
Now, 12 years later very few expats know the Middle Earth as well as I do. I know more customs and have had more experiences than most foreigners in Gondor and you know what I have found out? I don’t know hardly anything about the culture that I live in. Humility. That is what we learn if we are listening well and that is enough.

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