hey veronica!
thanks for posting--i love how eloquently you expressed the thoughts i was struggling to get from head to paper; well done :). HUMANITARIAN--that was the word i couldn't think of!
you know, i never considered that he might be a Christian. there are missionaries all over the place in closed countries that work in normal jobs--schools and such--but can't mention God, right? that is an interesting thought--how do people spread the gospel there? it seems hard for me to imagine because our evangelism here is so vocal. who was it that said "go out and preach the gospel--use words if you have to?" maybe evangelizing is not about how well you can talk about God after all. maybe its about service through love? hm.
i feel the same way about mortenson's viewpoint of the culture and the people. i read kite runner and a thousand splendid suns (outstanding books) last year as well and those books were also instrumental in changing my view of people in the southern part of Asia. i am finding it really hard, though, to shift my point of view because it is so colored by the stereotypes prevalent in the united states. i am currently living in an apartment complex that we've dubbed "little India" because of the high percentage of south Asians here and it has been hard for me to cross the culture barrier to connect to them on a human level. consequently, i just got back from a conference on the holocaust (which was amazing!) in DC at the holocaust museum and it is scary to think that the hate crimes against Jews started with seemingly "harmless" stereotypes and that such stereotypes about south Asians are reinforce here in the u.s. since 911.
i have a desire to grow in my compassion for people that make me "uncomfortable," beginning with the truth that they are created in the image of God.
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