Comments on: Reverse Furlough, Part 2: The Not-So-Great Stuff http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/reverse-furlough-part-2-the-not-so-great-stuff Everything a missionary isn't supposed to say. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:35:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: C. Holland http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/reverse-furlough-part-2-the-not-so-great-stuff/comment-page-1#comment-3960 C. Holland Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:14:53 +0000 http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/?p=619#comment-3960 Yeah, it was one of those moments I wished I could hit "rewind" and then "record" over it. Though it wasn't directly my ministry, as a fellow American it made me look bad by association. It was also a funny time; if you could see exactly how the guy looked (words just can't describe it well but the shirt gives you a clue), it made what he said even more outlandish! Yeah, it was one of those moments I wished I could hit “rewind” and then “record” over it. Though it wasn’t directly my ministry, as a fellow American it made me look bad by association. It was also a funny time; if you could see exactly how the guy looked (words just can’t describe it well but the shirt gives you a clue), it made what he said even more outlandish!

]]> By: Greg in Mexico http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/reverse-furlough-part-2-the-not-so-great-stuff/comment-page-1#comment-3958 Greg in Mexico Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:18:42 +0000 http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/?p=619#comment-3958 "A man dressed in a garish rainbow-striped shirt and suspenders walked up to a national in the church and said in a slow, deep Southern drawl: “Ya know, y’all tawk funn-ay he-ah.” I wish I was making this up, but I’m not." I about spilled my coffee when I read that! That's def the downside abt the lack of a language barrier in short-term missions. Full disclosure: my USAmerican guests constantly say stupid things but mostly I don't translate them. I feel bad for you that you don't have that option! “A man dressed in a garish rainbow-striped shirt and suspenders walked up to a national in the church and said in a slow, deep Southern drawl: “Ya know, y’all tawk funn-ay he-ah.” I wish I was making this up, but I’m not.”

I about spilled my coffee when I read that! That’s def the downside abt the lack of a language barrier in short-term missions. Full disclosure: my USAmerican guests constantly say stupid things but mostly I don’t translate them. I feel bad for you that you don’t have that option!

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