I went over your outline and just wanted to make a few comments on it. Your presentation and outline touched upon a number of interesting ideas and topics regarding cultural differences. Still, so far it is mainly a comparative list of cultural differences, rather than a specific argument regarding how culture shock operates among Americans working in Sierra Leone and Iraq. There is also an issue of what type of data you will be using to back your claims. Your thesis appears to be more anthropological in nature. Will you be using narratives of missionaries in each country, or some other type of data? Ideally, the paper would more beyond just generalities regarding how the two countries differ. Also, as was brought up in the presentation, both these countries have suffered from political violence, and you should consider how you want to bring this fact into your thesis.