Transmission?

I remember being baffled in school the first time I heard the word "transmission" defined as "move across". I thought "wrong!, it's underneath the car!". The literal meaning of the word has caused me often to ponder the definition. It has never entered my mind more, now that I have become involved in church planting. The popular talk show host, Michael Savage, often repeats his mantra of 'Language, Culture, and Borders'. I agree with Michael in his terms of protection and preservation. As I work with Latino church planters I have learned a valuable lesson. To accomplish the goal of preserving the trio of afore mentioned icons, one must "move across" to preserve them. It calls for a destruction of the barriers of comfort on the part of both parties. To understand another language, or culture, I must leave mine and go to theirs. I find when I show the willingness to brave a new frontier of moving across even an unmarked border and stand face to face with a possible new friend they are appreciative of my move. I have made myself vulnerable to their critique of my language and culture (people) skills. However, I have made the move across the border of comfort. I want to define this as my "Manual Transmission" I can hear you now, "No!, it's under the car!". Bear with me as I begin this blog with the title "Manual Transmission". Together we can "move across", and believe me, at first it will definitely not be an automatic.