Dialogue with Dave

 

For this week I was instructed to carry a conversation with Dave who poses as a fictional character and represent what people might say about my paper. This exercise helps you think about what people might say about your paper and how you can address that. It also helps to see how well you know you topic.  

 

 

 

 

 

Dave: What’s the big deal about this anyway? Why should we care?

Me: There is a lot of missionaries oversees doing mission work and these people need to know

that what they are doing is not a waste of time. If they are not told that what they are doing is making a difference then they will give up and come back home. And we here need to be reminded that mission work is not a waste of time so that will not stop sending missionaries.

Dave: What do you mean by making a difference?

Me: Missionaries have done a lot for people in other countries. They have opened up schools for people to get an education. Missionaries have taught people about how to be able to grow crops better. They have told people about the love of Jesus, which transforms their lives in a better way.  

Dave: Are you kidding? I didn’t know that. What else did you find out?

Me: I found that missionaries have had a great impact on the economy of developing countries and that missionaries are one of the best things to a developing country.

  

Dave: Can you give me an example?

 Me: Of you go to West Africa there are two countries that are side-by-side these two countries are Togo and Ghana. If you go to Ghana and go to a bookstore the shelves are lined with boos from top-to-bottom there even books written by authors born and raised in Ghana. Contrary if you go across the border into Togo and you go to a book store you will not be able to find any books. The difference is that when Ghana was first starting England which controlled Ghana freely allowed missionaries to come. But the French which controlled Togo did not allow missionaries to come. So you see missionaries have had an impact on the economy of Africa

 

Dave: Did that surprise you?

Me: It surprised me a little I had all ways that that missionaries have helped the economy a little, but I never know that missionaries have impacted the economy so much that much.

  

Dave: Okay, this is all very interesting. But based on everything you’ve learned so far, what’s your point.

Me: My point is that foreign missions in Africa is not a waste of time and that we should still be sending missionaries to Africa