By the middle of month 10 most of us on the field have started thinking about what going home is going to be like. How can we answer questions like "How was it?" or "What was your favorite month?" and make you understand what we've lived through. The answer is we can't.
I've started playing a game with my team as we ride in the back of our truck to and from ministry of Would You Rather but with previous race situations. This might give you a little glimpse into our lives out here. You think you can handle the Race? I'll let you decide. Leave your answers in the comments below.
1. Would you rather work 7 days a week, 7 hours a day doing extremely hard manual labor in 90 degree temps with ballin' housing amenities (washer and dryer, showers, beds, no bugs etc) or have fun ministry 4 hours a day, 5 days a week with poor housing conditions (tents, sqattys, bugs bugs bugs and bucket showers)?
(Work from Nicaragua, Month 10)
(Bathrooms from India. Month 6)
(My awesome room in Romania, Month 7)
2. Would you rather sleep with a fan that blows small bugs all over you or not be able to sleep because you can’t stop sweating?
3. Would you rather have no close friends (i.e. lots of long team times and hard work) on your team and have a awesome team leader or have really close friends but not get along with your team leader (i.e. never knowing what goes in your CnC)?
(My second team, Fierce Pursuit 2 generation, Month 3)
(My third team, Holy Fire, Month 4)
4. Would you rather travel 7+ hours on bus/train/car with all your stuff that is freezing cold but filled with people smoking or really hot with no airflow?
(Zimbabwe, Month 1)
5. Would you rather speak the language in a place where the people are mean or not be able to communicate with people that are kind?
6. Would you rather cook your own food over a fire or live off of street food for a month?
7. Would you rather attend a 6 hour church service in English or a two hour service in another language without an interpreter?
(House church in India, Month 6)
(Five hour wedding service in Swaziland, Month 3)
8. Would you rather have mediocre debriefs all year and an awesome final debrief or have flippin’ sweet debriefs all year with a sucky final debrief?
(Debrief in Nelspruit, South Africa. Month 2)
(Pelis Castle, Brosov, Romania. Month 7)
9. Would you rather eat a delicious meal that could give you the big D or eat a bland meal that was for sure safe?
10. Would you rather get ants in your tent or have your tent flood during rainy season?
11. Would you rather get scabies or get an amoeba? (Google image that if you have questions)
What more can you think of?
