Cross-Cultural Misadventures

Since we've addressed some heavy topics this week I'd like to end the week with some lighthearted fun.  A few years back I was asked to create some videos to help share the vision of YWAM Jax Beach.  The first series we did was titled Cross-Cultural Misadventures.  When ministering cross-culturally it is very common to offend people unintentionally simply by doing things we're used to doing every day.  My goal in this series was to bring awareness to cultural differences in a humorous way.  In my opinion, one of the biggest strengths a cross-cultural worker can have is the ability to laugh at yourself after making a cultural or language mistake.  I've included the first episode below.  I never expected the impact of this video to be quite so far reaching.  It has even been used by a Bible school in the Middle East to help teach on cultural differences.