Around 13, I began to get involved in my church, which was a completely different environment than what I was accustomed to. As a middle schooler, I learned that it was okay to curse and break a few rules. College was a taste of freedom and adulthood. Going to church put an end to my rebellion. Finding a place to go where everyone seemed perfect gave me a new way of living. Walking into a church is almost like wearing a mask for a few hours and then taking it off. Although masks are just a variation of your face, some are not. When you go to church, you wear your Sunday best, you smile, and you put on your loving attitude. I loved every second of it, even though I wondered why anyone would hate the idea of ​​the love and support a church can offer. The first few years I volunteered and went there, I was all in. Learning to communicate, using Bible verses, love and a friendly smile seemed to make everyone around me happy and I fit in perfectly. “Intercultural communication is a symbolic, interpretive, transactional, and contextual process in which people from different cultures create shared meanings” (Lustig & Koester, 43). The Church was a great example of cross-cultural communication. People from all walks of life come together for one reason. I've met people who like to build houses because they were once homeless, people who