 He never called us to live apart from culture. We are to get our hands dirty. In fact, he says you are to settle into culture. You are to buy houses. You are to plant gardens. What's the implication there? How quickly does a garden grow? Months. It doesn't take a day or two, a week or two. Now think of this figuratively. The idea is you build a house. You build a house if you're going to be someplace only a week or two.