Due May 31 - Extended to June 7

Hope you had a great time at the Jahango Fair! What a great way to experience firsthand some of the cross-cultural challenges and differences we've been talking about.

PART ONE
Reflect on your experience at the Jahango Fair and discuss the following in a post:

What aspects of God's character did you witness in the Jahango activities you witnessed? What similarities / differences do you notice between the Jahango culture and the Kenyan culture we've been observing on "Round Trip"? What cross-cultural challenges do you anticipate the Galvez family will face as Colombians living in Panama moving to Guinea?

PART TWO
You're going to be reading another article this week, but I need to give some instructions before you do. Much of the "Round Trip" material is aimed at North Americans, so we might be tempted to dismiss the parts of the article when it talks about what North Americans need to do, what they can learn, etc. However, much of what is said about North Americans is true about us middle-class Panamanian-Crossroads people. For example, on p.100 Muriu says "...Americans enter the economically depressed communities of the world with a lot of resources. They come and stay in hotels... but the two-thirds world cannot afford this model."

Read the article in the "Round Trip" appendix titled "The African Planter" (pp.96-106). As you read, when it talks about North Americans ask yourself, "Does this apply to me? To us? To Crossroads, to Panamanians, to middle class people?" If it does, scratch out the word/words "American" or "North America", etc., and substitute "Panamanian" or "Crossroads-ian" or whatever might apply.

Now go back through the article and select the lessons, ideas, or concepts you feel are most applicable or relevant to our team. Explain how and why these lessons apply to us.