{"id":246,"date":"2009-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-03-03T14:00:45","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T19:00:45","slug":"ian-fallis-juror-a-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2009\/03\/03\/ian-fallis-juror-a-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Fallis, Juror A-28"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Seminole<\/a><\/p>\n

When was the last time you had jury duty?<\/p>\n

I had to report Monday, and I was a little concerned. I’m not really familiar with the way the court system works here in Florida. It’s a foreign world to me, with its own way of operating, its own way of viewing things, its own code of conduct, its own language.<\/p>\n

What if I did something I thought was innocuous that turned out to be really really bad?<\/p>\n

I didn’t need to worry. Seminole County does a great job of orienting jurors and helping them fit into the courthouse culture. All the clerks, judges and bailiffs I encountered were helpful and friendly.<\/p>\n

But what if they hadn’t been? What if they just assumed that since this is everyday stuff to them, I and the other jurors should know it already?<\/p>\n

Some places are like that.<\/p>\n

More to the point, tribes are like that.<\/p>\n

To tribal people, missionaries are really stupid.<\/p>\n

Doesn’t everyone know that you aren’t supposed to walk past the rubber trees at dusk? <\/em><\/p>\n

Even our children can speak our language, and they can’t get it. <\/em><\/p>\n

And who on earth wipes their nose and then puts it in their pocket? Are they saving it? Why? Never mind – I don’t want to know.<\/em><\/p>\n

In some ways, the Stupid Factor helps. People are willing to tell you things, so you can learn about the way they think.<\/p>\n

And while having people laugh at you certainly keeps you humble, it also hurts.<\/p>\n

Would you please take a moment today to pray for missionaries who are struggling to adapt to and live in a culture that is foreign to them?<\/p>\n

Thanks, and thanks for the role you play in our ministry!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The courthouse is a lot different from the world I normally live in. The rules are different there. What if I did something stupid? (Not that hard to imagine, is it?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}