The Floods in Pakistan continue to bring devastation

The flooding in Pakistan continues. Fortunatly we have been able to gather donation and later today, I will send them to Pakistan. They will hopefully bring relief to many people.
These last few days, I have been preoccupied with the events in Pakistan and more or less holding my breath as money has been donated for this tradgedy. In the midst of this, I received good news from India. The school that we had collected for in March/April was opened last week.

Cross cultural communication

One of the things I learned in the cross cultural seminar was that the is a very thick filter in the area of communication.
There is a lot of scope for misunderstanding between sending a message and a hearer receiving it.
Here are some of the elements in the filter:
1. The language
2. Non-verbal communication
3. The Way of communication
4. The social structures
5. World view
6. The way we think
7. The way decisions are made

This predestines problems in our church and business meetings!

We also had a go at trying to solve conflicts. We looked at the bible and looked at some practical example of conflict solution in a cross cultural setting. It was very interesting and challenging at the same time.

Cross Cultural Communication

At the moment I am attending a course about cross cultural communication.
It is part of a MA degree that I am trying to obtain.
We spent a long time yesterday learning about conflict resolution in a cross cultural setting. This is very interesting and helps in the work I am doing.
We also learned about the different ways that communication takes place. That leaves a lot of scope for misunderstanding in a cross cultural setting.