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Expectations

Expectations. Expectations. Defining Expectations. Expectations. The act of state of looking forward of anticipating. Expectations. “But, as with anything else… there are unforeseen complications lying like crocodiles among the green river grass.” St. Kilda (Elmer, 2002, p. 54).

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  1. Expectations

  2. Expectations Defining Expectations

  3. Expectations The act of state of looking forward of anticipating

  4. Expectations “But, as with anything else… there are unforeseen complications lying like crocodiles among the green river grass.” St. Kilda (Elmer, 2002, p. 54)

  5. Expectations “Everyone has expectations about life in another culture. These gremlins hide in our pockets and sit unseen on our shoulders.” (Elmer, 2002, p. 54)

  6. Expectations

  7. Expectations • My Expectation • My Reality

  8. Expectations • My Expectation Study hard and learn language well • My Reality

  9. Expectations • My Expectation Study hard and learn language well • My Reality Language was frustrating. Slow progress. Couldn’t spend the time I wanted to on language study because I had small children.

  10. Expectations • My Expectation Good relationships with coworkers. • My Reality

  11. Expectations • My Expectation Good relationships with coworkers. • My Reality Had conflict with our assigned supervisor from the Language & Orientation Committee.

  12. Expectations • My Expectation We went to do church planting among the least reached Hakka people. • My Reality

  13. Expectations • My Expectation We went to do church planting among the least reached Hakka people. • My Reality We had to push the L&O Committee and the field council to place us in a Hakka church plant for our internship.

  14. Expectations • My Expectation Thought we’d be in church planting internship with Isabel or Scott & Leslie • My Reality

  15. Expectations • My Expectation Thought we’d be in church planting internship with Isabel or Scott & Leslie • My Reality Isabel had left Taiwan by the time we started our internship and the Powells were moving to Taichung as Area Director.

  16. Expectations • My Expectation Thought we would work with a national pastor for our internship and would be mentored by him in some way. • My Reality

  17. Expectations • My Expectation Thought we would work with a national pastor for our internship and would be mentored by him in some way. • My Reality Pastor was Hakka Chinese from Indonesia. He was threatened by us and went around town gossiping and spreading untruth about us and our SEND coworker.

  18. Expectations • My Expectation Things would be okay at home with our family. • My Reality

  19. Expectations • My Expectation Things would be okay at home with our family. • My Reality Tom’s dad died in an accident 3 months after we arrived on the field. My grandmother died from negligence in her nursing home.

  20. Expectations • My Expectation Thought we’d be in Taiwan forever or at least until retirement!  • My Reality

  21. Expectations • My Expectation Thought we’d be in Taiwan forever or at least until retirement!  • My Reality God moved us to China after our first term. Cancer diagnosis for our 2 year old son brings us back to the States in 2004.

  22. Expectations • My Expectation Stinky streets from the sewer system and heat • My Reality

  23. Expectations • My Expectation Stinky streets from the sewer system and heat • My Reality Stinky bathroom – the odor from the sewer came right up the pipes in our old house.

  24. Expectations • My Expectation Thought I would make friends with Taiwanese. • My Reality Never could have imagined the deep friendships that would develop with Taiwanese.

  25. Expectations How do we manage our own expectations?

  26. Expectations How do we manage our own expectations? Set realistic expectations

  27. Expectations How do we manage our own expectations? Set realistic expectations Identify expectations ahead of time

  28. Expectations How do we deal with unmet expectations?

  29. Expectations How do we deal with unmet expectations? Stop

  30. Expectations How do we deal with unmet expectations? Stop Suspend judgment

  31. Expectations How do we deal with unmet expectations? Stop Suspend judgment Ask why

  32. Expectations How do we deal with unmet expectations? Stop Suspend judgment Ask why Pray

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