The bag of snack chips was small but it taught an American missionary a big lesson Working one evening nbsp in the Dominican Republic she arrived nbsp at a church meeting and opened her chips when a woman she hardly knew reached and grabbed a few from the bag Others helped themselves too How rude the missionary thought Then she realized a humbling lesson She didn rsquo t yet understand the culture where she rsquo d agreed to serve Rather than emphasizing individualism as in the United States she learned that life in the Dominican Republic is lived in community
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