Now I'm starting to learn to just ignore them, which seems to be also the quickest way of getting rid of them. This is not something I am going to be able to change in their culture, so I am asking God to help me to learn to deal with it. I have two other single women roommates at the moment, and so far, things are going well. I'm learning that although we all are native English speakers and supposedly 'speak the same language', the fact that we're all from different countries means we use terms differently at times so we have to clarify things. We are praying for unity amongst us and for grace in communicating with one another so that we can be the witness God intended.
Language learning is a slow, humbling, but also a humorous experience.
I actually said that I was the 'Messiah', which is very close to the word for Christian - we all had a good laugh about it.