Porter family serves in Middle East
Salvation spreads through the Middle East
Missionaries to the Middle East share insights into the culture.
The Western world seems to gravitate towards negative or fearful views of the Middle East and the people groups that live there. Inspire of the highly publicized violence of Muslim extremists, God’s message of redemption is rapidly spreading through Islamic people groups.
Great and Laura Porter are missionaries who have been involved in the Middle East through Operation Mobilization for over 30 years. According to the organization 's website, Operation Mobilization is a mission’s organization active in over 110 countries.
Grant Ported said he and his wife are currently living in Missouri while he teaches …show more content…
“Western kids tend to start life, it’s like the point of the triangle so they start life very controlled.” Laura Porter said. “We tell them what to do, what they can wear, where they are going to go and then we gradually release them into being independent.”
She said in the Arab culture the triangle is flipped upside down.
“Their child rearing model is so different.” Laura Porter said. “Like they just let their kids do anything and they drive their parents crazy because they don 't have any discipline. So it starts really wide, they don’t tell them anything and then it gradually closes in on them. So by the end they told them who they are going to marry, where they are going to live (and) what career they are going to be.”
Grant porter said this is because culturally, a Muslim’s responsibility is to their family. He said rather than an individualistic mindset there is a collectivist society.
Cultural differences causes some people to be fearful of engaging Muslims, Grant Porter said, because many of them act or dress differently.
Grant Porter said the vast majority of Muslims are ordinary people trying to put food on their families table and get their kids through
Salvation spreads through the Middle East
Missionaries to the Middle East share insights into the culture.
The Western world seems to gravitate towards negative or fearful views of the Middle East and the people groups that live there. Inspire of the highly publicized violence of Muslim extremists, God’s message of redemption is rapidly spreading through Islamic people groups.
Great and Laura Porter are missionaries who have been involved in the Middle East through Operation Mobilization for over 30 years. According to the organization 's website, Operation Mobilization is a mission’s organization active in over 110 countries.
Grant Ported said he and his wife are currently living in Missouri while he teaches …show more content…
“Western kids tend to start life, it’s like the point of the triangle so they start life very controlled.” Laura Porter said. “We tell them what to do, what they can wear, where they are going to go and then we gradually release them into being independent.”
She said in the Arab culture the triangle is flipped upside down.
“Their child rearing model is so different.” Laura Porter said. “Like they just let their kids do anything and they drive their parents crazy because they don 't have any discipline. So it starts really wide, they don’t tell them anything and then it gradually closes in on them. So by the end they told them who they are going to marry, where they are going to live (and) what career they are going to be.”
Grant porter said this is because culturally, a Muslim’s responsibility is to their family. He said rather than an individualistic mindset there is a collectivist society.
Cultural differences causes some people to be fearful of engaging Muslims, Grant Porter said, because many of them act or dress differently.
Grant Porter said the vast majority of Muslims are ordinary people trying to put food on their families table and get their kids through