Our first week at CIT

So we arrived at the Center for Intercultural Training this past week. It is located in Union Mills NC in   the western part of the state.  Thankfully Levi and Silas split the driving duty so that I could get some rest.

We will be here for a total of 6 weeks. The first four weeks covers intercultural training and the last two weeks covers language acquisition.

For this term there are roughly 30 adults and 30 children. The families are going to many different countries with many different mission agencies. Our boys have quickly found new friends and have enjoyed spending time in the pool. We even had a giant slip and slide set up this evening.

Our first couple of days covered things like our own personality profile and mind style assessment. I know this may be shocking for you all but I came out as a Concrete Sequential processor and Christine fell in as an Abstract Random processor.

Our last two days were filled with discussion about things like:  culture, ethnocentrism, marriage, cultural awareness and much more. Now just to get used to doing homework again after a 10 year break.