Little moments that remind me of the time in Swaziland.
– Waking up to Jack Johnson playing on a Sunday morning, or any morning for that matter.
– Making lunch and dinner for 50 people with good friends.
– Seeing how differently everyone learns, sees, and connects with God.
– Dancing and singing while spreading eggs or jelly or peanut butter onto molding bread.
– Taking a step outside and immediately having a child hold your hand and walk you to wherever you’re going.
– Spending nights under the stars on top of shipping containers.
– Waiting 45 min or more for a Kumbi (transportation) to show up.
– Going to the grocery store just to get peanut butter, cookies, suckers, and coke.
– Eating banana pancakes on a Sunday morning.
– Walking down train tracks listening to your own music because that’s the only way to have alone time when you’re living with 50 people.
– Playing Swazi tic-tack-toe on the ground with a teenager, whom you have no idea how to pronounce the name of, but you have the best laughs together.
– Using a bug net makes you feel like a princess.
– Watching the sky light up at night from thunder and lighting while being drenched by the rain. But it’s in those moments when you see how great your life is and how freaking huge and crazy and amazing our God is.
– Eating every meal with a spork.
– Washing your cloths in a bucket, it’s very peaceful.
– Not understanding how a very small structure didn’t fall apart when holding 20 plus people in hammocks.
– Walking down dirt roads and running into families and ending our conversations by praying for them. Those moments are so much better then the scheduled ministry times.
– Having late night conversations with people you still don’t know, but can’t wait to get to know even more.
– Baby goat herds randomly appearing.
– Having chickens thrown in your room at 3 in the morning (well done guys).
– Hitch hiking and riding in the back of random trucks during storms just to get home.
– Playing intense card games before bed.
– Drinking tea with milk, cinnamon, and lots of sugar (hug in a cup).
– Living with a large community of people.
– Waking up to a dying rooster at 3 in the morning.
– Catapulting lizards and catching them in hats.
– Driving on the left side of the road.
– Going to an Africa church and listening to the voices that need no mics, and engulf a room with one breath. (they use the electric key board pre-made beats buttons and play them in the background…sadly…it takes away form their amazing voices…but it’s kinda funny)
– Having someone playing a guitar or ukulele in the background wherever you are.
– Wearing skirts everyday; you realize how restricting and warm pants are.
– Very large cows hanging out on the side of the road on the way to ministry.
– Ice.cream.
– De-boning chicken, or making egg salad sandwiches with your hands. (you would be proud, mom).
– Not having wifi or the option of using your phone. It’s the most freeing thing, you forget you even own a phone.
– Not taking a shower for almost 3 weeks, because cold showers.
– Thinking that you have some kinda tan, but then realizing it was just many layers of dirt on your body and the sun had no chance of reaching your skin.
– Randomly not having water and realizing how much you use a sink in a 10 min period of time.
– Digging trenches with pick axes and shovels in a shirt.
– Having a sleepover with your friends that aren’t on your team because all squad month sadly doesn’t last forever.
– Having Jesus conversations at any point during the day.
– Getting sweaty at church because of the amount of dancing that goes on.
– Being ask were my baby is, and getting laughed at when I say my age.
– Realizing how much you love a spoon full of peanut better when it’s the fastest most flavorful thing you can eat; its the simple things in life that make you smile.
