Learning Culture through Purposeful Observation (Sample)

Motivation!  Why do I want to exercise some level of expertise when observing and learning about a new culture?  My motives may be really strong and pure.  I want to be a loving and effective messenger of the the Gospel of salvation and life in Jesus Christ.  I know that I need to understand and function well in my host culture where I minister.  But what if my methodology for becoming competent in the culture has some flaws?

You don't want to end up like the man in this 6-minute humorous story told by Andy Griffith in 1953. 

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