Two blogs in 3 days. You guys should be proud. Tried something new with the pictures. Since the blog server is pretty aweful and takes a couple minutes to upload each picture. I put all my pictures together in one image with photoshop. This way I only had to upload one image 🙂 And if you read my blog, your suppose to comment so I know peop;le are reading it! Lol
1.) My last meal in American pepperoni and sausage pizza with Josi Presley before getting on a plane in Washington. (America)
2.) Watching fireworks in our nations capital. (America)
3.) Getting in 2 different accidents on a moped on the highway in the same day. (Thailand)
4.) Looking into my teammates eyes during our first accident in slow motion as each others lives flash before our eyes. (Thailand)
5.) After my second accident, with blood trickling down my leg, and in a good bit of pain. Our taxi driver tells us to wait ten minutes while he orders KFC. (Thailand)
6.) Eating Rice and curry for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Every day. (India)
7.) All three squads singing the star spangled banner to Michael Clevenger’s American flag tank top at launch. (America)
8.) A 7 hour van drive down a mountain on one of the more dangerous roads in the world. Traveling fast and furious style drifting through turns that if we went off the road, we would all plunge to our deaths. (Nepal)
9.) Fitting 15 people in a tuk tuk just because we could. (India)
10.) Having 3 flat tires in one week. (Nepal)
11.) In helping our driver change one of those flat drivers, getting my foot ran over by the van. (Nepal)
12.) Getting Gummy worms, sweat tarts and other candies from my sister Danielle for my birthday. (India)
13.) Going to the prettiest beach I have ever seen on “Make a memory with your new team day.” (Thailand)
14.) Getting stung by a jelly fish at this beach. (Thailand)
15.) Missing my first flight to Atlanta on day one. (America)
16.) Last breakfast with my family at the Yellow Deli in down town Chattanooga. (America)
17.) Getting a titty twister from my best friends as they said goodbye. (America)
18. Going to the world’s largest Crocodile farm and seeing Elephents bowl. (Thailand)
19. Going bowling in Bangkok. (Thailand)
20. My first attempt at using a squatty potty. (India)
21. My first time going number 2 out in the middle of a field that is known to have King Cobras. (India)
22.) Spending 3 hours cooking dinner for our contact our last day of ministry in India. (India)
23. Getting sick on the way to the airport and puking out the window. When we got off to unload the bus, half of one side was orange. (India )
24. Eating a Hamburger at Hard Rock Café in Hydrabad. (India)
25. Seeing Batman while reclining in a lazyboy with Michael Clevenger. Then the two of us sprinting with everything we had in us for a bathroom break. (India)
26.) Waking up two hours early 6 days in a row to slave all day mixing and pouring concrete. Then God sending a Cement truck next door while we work to show us he has a sense of humor. (Thailand)
27.) Going swimming with our contact Steve. (Thailand)
28.) Getting to play zombies on xbox with our contact Steve. (Thailand)
29.) Taco night and poker night with our contact Steve. (Thailand)
30. ) Asking a ten year old boy to sing me a song, and him singing his own version of Justin Bieber’s “Baby.” (Nepal)
31.) While making a fence out of bamboo, rubbing against a plant and getting a huge boil on my leg. (Nepal)
32.) “I can not beat you! You can not beat me! “ A quote from our Pastor after drawling in a game of chess. (Nepal)
33.) Seeing my first pizza hut, but being un able to buy any as it was closed from a workers strike. (Nepal)
34.) Getting a Thai message for 3 dollars. (Thailand)
35.) Taking a “one hour nap” before first debrief. Only to wake up 4 hours later realizing I slept through the whole session. (Thailand)
36.) Finding out Ashley Sweats really bad when ever she eats mo mo mixed with Spicy food. (Nepal)
37.) Being drenched in sweat everywhere I went morning, afternoon and evening. (India-Nepal)
38. Finding out I would be staying in an air-conditioned room for the next month.
39.) All my long discussions on religion with Garrett while in Thomal. (Nepal)
40.) First day of ministry playing with little kids. (India )
41.) First team switch. (Thailand)
42.) Second team switch. (Thailand)
43.) Going to see the relaxing Buddha. (Thailand)
44.) Poker night in Thamal. (Nepal)
45. Finding Twizzlers at the store. (Nepal)
46. Daily smoothies and banana bread for breakfast. (Thailand)
47. Ten hour layover in Qatar.
48.) Our first Translator agape. (India)
49. Spending the night on the roof under the stars. (India)
50. Walking about a kilometer to buy 2 20lt bottles of drinking water every day. (India)
51.) Working on the dream project tracing and cutting out patterns of fabric. (Thailand)
52.) Eating Banana Rody (Best dessert ever. (Thailand)
53.) First time getting to skype with my family and see my precious Niece and Nephew. (Nepal)
54.) 2 hour walks to ministry in the scorching sun. (Nepal)
55.) 24 hour fast from talking. (Malaysia)
56.) Teaching English class. (Malaysia)
57.) God telling me to learn Mandarin. (Nepal)
58.) Going to the internet Café and having them reset the router every day. (Malaysia)
59.) Getting hamburgers for a dollar and making friends with the owner. (Malaysia)
60.) Cleaning up wounds after moped wreck, while a team passes out while cleaning her wounds. Then a long talk with our squad leader Melina about life. (Thailand)
61.) 2 hour tuk tuk rides each way for ministry. (India)
62.) Traveling 30 minutes for internet. (Nepal)
63.) Getting the wifi password from the E.U. building. (Nepal)
64.) Spending 5 hours at the Thailand Malaysia boarder and paying a twenty dollar per person fee for over staying our Visa.
65.) Shaving my head for the first time in my life. (Thailand)
66.) Slack lining. (Nepal)
67. Getting lunch with my squad leader Joel. (Thailand)
68.) Spending hours taking pictures of waterfalls with Derick. (Thailand)
69. Rooming with Tyler and our race to get as much done on the internet every day before it turned off at 10:30pm. (Thailand)
70.) First beach day of the race on the Indian Ocean. (India)
71.) Guys night out eating pizza. (Thailand)
72.) Three and a half hour bus ride that was only suppose to take have that time. (Thailand)
73. “Man talks” every travel day put together by Jason.
74.) Long talk in Taxi with Angelique Sturm after visit to the mall. (Thailand)
75.) Sitting here in a coffee shop trying to come up with 100 memories. (Malaysia)
76.) Climbing up the mountain that over looked our city where we stayed at in India.
77.) 13 hour bus ride down to Phuket talking and watching movies with Alison. (Thailand)
78.) Having my second birthday in a row outside of the US. (India)
79.) Carrying 20 liter buckets of water 500 meters assembly line style for an hour and a half. (India)
80.) Gluing mats together with Derick while listening to safely home. (Malaysia)
81.) Playing Kaitlyns game of setting up bricks in different patterns and trying to jump from brick to brick without falling. (India)
82.) Giving a toast to my sister for her wedding I was missing while on an 8 hour bus ride with my squad. (India)
83.) Hiking up the mountain to get to see a view of Kathmandu and one of the prettiest sights I have ever seen. (Nepal)
84.) Watching youtube videos with Derick. “What do men eat? Men eat steak.” (Malaysia)
85.) First team time at launch. (America)
86.) Eating fresh pineapple when ever I pleased. (Thailand)
87. Randomly running 3km from town back to our church in the middle of the day in 100 plus degree heat to let off frustration after trying to upload a video. (India)
88.) Dinner at The Factory with my team rooted freedom. The number one rated restaurant in Thamal by Americans. (Nepal)
89.) Hand washing my laundry while our ten year old neighbor tried to bathe me. (Nepal)
90.) Buddy time. (India)
91.) Going home everyday to our half naked neighbors walking around in their towel. (Malaysia)
92.) Village to Village ministry praying for people 5 hours a day. (India)
93.) Preaching the Gospel. (India)
94.Being given water and told it was filtered, only to hear them say they got it confused right after you drank it. (India)
95.) Having a full conversation with my team mate Amanda without saying a word because of my silence fast. (Malaysia)
96.) Meeting a kid with 2 different colored eyes. (India)
97.) Going to KFC after a month of nothing but rice and curry. (India)
98.) First squad reunion at end of the month and all getting to worship together. (India)
99.) Taking teammate to the hospital because we thought she was having an appendicitis. (Nepal)
100.) Seeing the midnight showing of Spiderman for my last night at home. With Meghan Squire, Jeremy Hipp, Mike Baustista, Cassie Harris, Danielle Contarino, Jonathan Vatt, Bethany Contarino, Steven Colby, Rebecca Contarino, Tyler Mounce, and William park. (America)
