"....Westerners struggle with relationships. They may get so involved in programs, technical projects, and social ministries that they have little time for friends and neighbors. Our western culture is often relationship- deficient, and the western Christian can take this deficiency with him to the field.
Once the Christian worker begins his ministry he usually thinks in terms of weekly studies, weekly discipleship meetings, and weekly teaching sessions. The thought of meeting daily or twice day with a new contact or convert does not usually enter his mind. If he is to take on the role of a religious teacher, he must remember that the Muslim students he has want to develop relationship with him as a religious teacher, and not simply sit in on a series of lectures. Students may sit quietly for a couple of lessons, but if no relationship is forthcoming, they will seldom want to continue."
("Contextualization and Community. Roland Muller. in Encounter the World OF Islam, Lesson 7 extra Readings online to text.)
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