http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2008/06/06/series-what-i-learned-about-american-by-living-in-scotland-part-ii/ Adam J. Copeland Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2008/06/06/series-what-i-learned-about-american-by-living-in-scotland-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-974 johnhamilton Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:07:30 +0000 http://adamcopeland.wordpress.com/?p=275#comment-974 My few encounters with internationals (Koreans, Africans, mostly) convince me that we Americans live on an island, segregated from most of the world. So we think of ourselves as the world a lot of the time. I mean this as a description not a criticism. But it causes many problems, especially when you have a president deaf to feedback from the world or even many Americans. Internationals give a lot to us when they come here; like the world's Peace Corps they open our eyes. Churches could revolutionize missions by adopting university students from other places while they're here, often in need anyway. What a treasure these individuals have been in my life. My few encounters with internationals (Koreans, Africans, mostly) convince me that we Americans live on an island, segregated from most of the world. So we think of ourselves as the world a lot of the time. I mean this as a description not a criticism. But it causes many problems, especially when you have a president deaf to feedback from the world or even many Americans. Internationals give a lot to us when they come here; like the world’s Peace Corps they open our eyes. Churches could revolutionize missions by adopting university students from other places while they’re here, often in need anyway. What a treasure these individuals have been in my life.

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