Learning cultural sensitivity

Last night our team (minus Kyle, who was not feeling well) met with our missions Pastor, Ian Campbell. We each filled out a questionnaire to help us create our own personality profile. These profiles were used to examine how we, as a product of our culture, might view certain things differently than those we'll interface with in Africa. For instance, we Americans are very time-oriented, but Africans are more event-oriented--for them, life happens without a lot of concern about how much time things take. Understanding this difference in cultural attitudes will help us keep from getting frustrated or from accidentally offending someone. It was a very interesting exercise!