Asmt #14

In class we have been talking about culture, what it is, how it effects us, and what is constant. One of the last things we discussed was offer how even tho culture is vastly different the people in all the cultures all had and asked the 4C's. Community( where do I belong), Communion( whose am I), Character( who am I), and Calling( why am I here). I am to answer these 4c's about myself.

Community-I don't always know where I belong. I have been raised by my family and my friendes family's. I know that I want to belong where I feel safe and loved. Where I belong is under Gods justice, but I am in his mercy. I have always gone where I have felt God has moved me and where I can help. So where do I belong. I belong in hell, how will I strive to belong, is by showing Gods love that he first showed and gave me, and then I will lay my head down where I fell loved.

Communion- Whose am I. To me that is easy. I am my Gods. How well do I uphold that. The tears and shame don't even come close. I am a slave to his love, because I can't repay the dept he has bleed for me. I do not even own myself. I will someday pledge my body to another, But all that I am is first Gods. And the body I give to someone else God will use for himself, so that even my act selfice servitude to another is in his name.

Character- Who am I. I am who I am. I am not thee I am. I am that which was created perfectly by thee I am. Given the greatest gift to be what I am. Shadowing as a speck to be what thee I am created which I tainted, because I am still learning what it is to love. Which is what it means to be I am.

Calling- Why am I here. I don't deserve to be, but I am here to love. To show Gods love. To praise my God by, with, and because of love. Why am I here, because God first loved me.

Asmt #13

I am supposed to write three things about myself and why I am the way I am, and how I can use it cross culturaly.

First and probably easiest to see for those that hang around me is that I love tv. I know that love is a strong word but it may be the most accurate. I choose to watch and play on tv, because of a few reasons. One thing is I am a very visual person. I remember by sight, by images, and shapes. I also am very imaginative I am always thinking and outside the box. I can escape my world and my hardships and reduce my stress just by being on tv. Third reason is It is very fun for me. I can sit for longer than most working on a project and watching tv at the same time. So if I like or dislike the project I have something else there with me. Fourth is I feel like I have someone to talk to. I feel like I have someone their. Last reason is The way my brain works I can look at all the information given to me and I can guess and figure out almost all endings before it comes even close to the ending, and I remember every movie I have ever watched. The easiest thing about this Is a large majority of people watch movies and enjoy different types of genres that I can use as examples and use to have a commonality.

The next thing  I am the way I am is being low maintenance, but I have high chance for difficult situations. I have always but myself in instances that have possible outrages outcomes because I am not afraid to get my hands dirty, or I am not afraid to take the next step. I believe strongly that God wants us to explore in this life so he can teach us. I have been in so may almost death situations and God has always taken care of me. So I have a very low maintenance quality. My emotions are always in check because I don't feel I need to use them when doing day to day activities. The bulk of all I own is rememorabilia I can count on my hand things I own over three hundred dollars. Germs don't worry me. I put myself out there and need little in return for myself because I find comfort from other things. I know how to take care of myself. It gives me a exstra ability to help and serve others, because I can go with the flow and change quickly to any situation it is easy for me to be an example of Christ to specific groups quickly.

The last thing and probable hardest to explain is my problem of using emotion. The way I thing, the way I understand, my values, and even my feelings are almost described as unemotional. I know that you can't have feelings without emotion. But you can if your emotional basis is off of the knowledge that are representations of how you feel given form by how you understand your ability to identify you situation among the possible outcomes. My given and visible feelings are best seen by I am always calm and happy, what others would call docile, and When there is a very low chance for other possible out comes. Examples, If my dog died. I would cry with overflowing emotion because I was feeling sad . The bad over outweighs the good. My dog can't come back. My friend is gone. Who she was can never be replaced, even though she can be. The new dog could be better. I will miss my dog. The good in that is I can get a new dog and it could be a good dog. The more I can not control the bad outweigh the good the more emotional compromised I become. The good news is because I am emotionally stable I can work in high stress locations and dangerous situations in the name of God and still be a good example. The downside is my difficulty in relating to emotion. How I fell about my dog dieing is not the same as how you would feel about you dog dieing. So my ability to understand others on an emotional level needs work while my ability to consult with the most difficult subjects is available.

Asmt #11

The question for this assignment is, how do you relate cross culturally on a local, national, and international bases. First off I should explain that cross culture does not have to be a difference in race, class, or continent. It is the difference between two peoples beliefs, values, and feelings, which lead to their decisions, and then behaviors. I myself am one that uses my beliefs to form and to guard strongest my values. My feeling and others feeling normally take a back seat until I have a greater understand of the others person or my values are being treated. This is one of my greatest benefits and weaknesses, because of this I can stay clear headed and calm, I can also take in more information to better assist in my understandings. The downside is I can easily upset someone else, seem to be confident or cruel to others. But how do you or I relate to cross cultural. Easy, stop assuming, listen before we speak, and find or learn a common ground. Relationships are key to cross cultural understanding. On a local level you are given more time, mostly because it is relating to what is around you and most of the time what is around you is constant and tedious. But have you really crossed into another culture or are we staying in are comfort zone and only reaching out and watching what we want to see. Do you really know all the culture that is around you. Also we can branch out by going a farther distance taking enough time to view what is around us without needing to take great leaps in learning a different language or culture extremely different from are own by traveling to a different state and only needing to know the new changes in location. While the last and hardest challenge is cross culture international. Going to a different location and complete different background. Now I know England speaks the same language and has much of the same beliefs and values. But how they are raised and go about useing those feelings, beliefs, and values can be to big gap to handle. I understand that the family next door can be just as hard to understand. But the time and effort it takes to discover or learn what is already around you verses the distance and difference of what must be given time and effort to learn and use that learning to relate and understand and show who God is.