Have you ever wondered what is your most
valuable resource? To me, it is time. Time is the only thing we can
never get back.When we dedicate people our time, we show them they are
important to us. How can you get to know someone better? Yes! Spending
time with them!
That's exactly what Russ and Rebecca Sermon
did with us today: they opened their home to me, Titi, Tony, Xi, Alyssa,
Christina, Kaini, and Phil, prepared an amazing lunch for us and shared
their testimonies and life changing experiences! What a great example
of hospitality!
This helped us internationals to understand
more about the American culture and to share about our own traditions.
Reading "Cross-Cultural Servanthood" by Duane Elmer (you haven'r read
it?? Do it, it's a great source of inspiration!!), we have been
challenged to put ourselves in the shoes of others to serve them in a
more effective way:
"Serving people is not
just doing what seems good in our own culture but seeking out the
knowledge of the people, learning from them, knowing their cultural
values and then acting in ways that support the fabric of the culture to
the degree possible. After taking these steps, we will have served
them".
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| Kaini, Xi, Tanit, Titi, Samanta, Alyssa, Christina, Phil, Rebecca and Russ |
