Such a wealth of diversity in the courses I'm taking here in Accra. Taking the last four courses of Azusa Pacific University's Operation Impact program that offers a Global Organizational Leadership masters program, getting to know the students from many different cultures is at least half of the education being offered. This is our second course class that finished up today and we start in on two new classes on Monday. They provide us with outings on the weekends and we are taking off in the morning to visit what once was a slave castle. Tonight we were treated to an authentic Chinese restaurant and I ordered in Chinese so it's true, you can go anywhere in the world and eat Chinese. And did I mention there is no McDonalds here at all in the whole country? Yes, for me that designates it to be a third world country. However, the people are great, so friendly and so polite. Their views challenge us to think about our Christianity from a completely different lens. As one Ghanian told us, "the need in the Church today is leadership that is not self-serving, but a leadership that desires to serve others." He said "we need creativity and innovation rather than accepting the status- quo." We need to think globally and stay ahead of rapidly changing cultures. If the Chinese can accept innovation and stay ahead from a business perspective, can't the Church do it even better?
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