Outsourced
I hope your Thanksgiving was full of reminders of how the Lord loves and provides for His children. My Thanksgiving was pretty great, spent with lots of family and lots of noise!
Okay, this summer at STINT Briefing we watched a movie called Outsourced; the movie was about a man, Todd, that was sent to India to help improve a call center for the company he worked for (it sold novelty items). He came there to simply get the job done, but he knew nothing of the culture. This lack of knowledge put him in some very uncomfortable positions. I won't spoil the movie, but it did put a lot of things into perspective for many of us at STINT briefing. Well now this movie has been made into a show on NBC (I think), called Outsourced. This show has quickly become a favorite of mine, even in the short amount of time that it's been on air; every episode, Todd learns something new about India (the people, place, culture, and religion) and sees the USA more objectively. Every episode, he offends someone(s) and has to relearn the way he interacts/treats others. For instance, one episode he had to teach about sexual-harassment, so he showed a video that was considered porn in India because the couple kissed. In India, couples don't kiss on movies or in public. A lot of his employers walked out on the video because it was offensive/uncomfortable to them, but he didn't understand what the big deal was because we view far worse in the States. Once someone explained to him the immodesty of the video, Todd apologized and never showed that video again.
Each time I watch this show, I ponder what things I will learn and adjust to in Argentina. Todd had to quickly learn that different cultures aren't necessarily wrong, they're just different. I understand that and look forward to living in the Argentine culture, I think there will be somethings that I really appreciate and enjoy about the culture and there'll be somethings that I will have to adhere to but don't necessarily get/like.
In 1 Corinthians 9:22 Paul says : "To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some." This is what I want to do, I want to go to Argentina and be a part of their culture so that Argentines will learn what it means to have a relationship with the Creator of all cultures, Who loves all cultures!
Okay, this summer at STINT Briefing we watched a movie called Outsourced; the movie was about a man, Todd, that was sent to India to help improve a call center for the company he worked for (it sold novelty items). He came there to simply get the job done, but he knew nothing of the culture. This lack of knowledge put him in some very uncomfortable positions. I won't spoil the movie, but it did put a lot of things into perspective for many of us at STINT briefing. Well now this movie has been made into a show on NBC (I think), called Outsourced. This show has quickly become a favorite of mine, even in the short amount of time that it's been on air; every episode, Todd learns something new about India (the people, place, culture, and religion) and sees the USA more objectively. Every episode, he offends someone(s) and has to relearn the way he interacts/treats others. For instance, one episode he had to teach about sexual-harassment, so he showed a video that was considered porn in India because the couple kissed. In India, couples don't kiss on movies or in public. A lot of his employers walked out on the video because it was offensive/uncomfortable to them, but he didn't understand what the big deal was because we view far worse in the States. Once someone explained to him the immodesty of the video, Todd apologized and never showed that video again.
Each time I watch this show, I ponder what things I will learn and adjust to in Argentina. Todd had to quickly learn that different cultures aren't necessarily wrong, they're just different. I understand that and look forward to living in the Argentine culture, I think there will be somethings that I really appreciate and enjoy about the culture and there'll be somethings that I will have to adhere to but don't necessarily get/like.
In 1 Corinthians 9:22 Paul says : "To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some." This is what I want to do, I want to go to Argentina and be a part of their culture so that Argentines will learn what it means to have a relationship with the Creator of all cultures, Who loves all cultures!
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