R-Squad was a little bit of an anomaly in that we only will have had three teams by the end of the Race. We will have been on our first two teams for five months each, and then early next week, we will be splitting into our final teams for Month 11.
For our last official team dinner last night, Brushed with Glory, we talked through some of our favorite memories as a team. Our one requirement was that we started each memory with “Remember that time when….” So for your enjoyment, here are some of the highlights of our time together. Also for your enjoyment, you get to take guesses as to who said each one, and who was being talked about.
Remember that time we lived in a tree house in Indonesia?
Remember that time the bench broke underneath of Son and he spilled coffee in Marilyn’s hair?
Remember that time when we watched the Harry Potter Series three times through as a team?
Remember that time Morgan had a leech stuck to her ankle?
Remember that time when we ate booger soup?
Remember that time when we washed our dishes in the same river we showered in?
Remember that time we put all six of us in one bed because it was the only room in the apartment that had air conditioning?
Remember that time when we cooked chicken nuggets and french toast in a rice cooker?
Remember that time we played Pictionellaphone and Josiah drew hamsters that turned into cockroaches?
Remember that time we had a waterslide and a high jump?
Remember that time that we ate really good food all the time?
Remember that time when we blew bubbles with Savage?
Remember that time when we laid hundreds of eggs on the front driveway?
Remember that time Marcelo -without being able to speak a single word of English- convinced the rest of us to make it so Morgan did a ding-dong-ditch during door-to-door ministry?
Remember that time we woke up at 1 am because there were cockroaches running around next to our beds?
Remember that time we walked 2.5 miles in each direction to get to Starbucks?
Remember that time where we slept on the floor of a church as close as possible to the heaters?
Remember that time dogs followed us all the way home from the city center?
Remember that time when Katie asked for spits of ice cream instead of scoops of ice cream?
Remember that time when Morgan rode an extremely slow horse?
Remember that time when we had to turn the kitchen sink on to make the shower water hot?
Remember that time you played What Are the Odds with Nico and he tried to get you to lick a whole fish off the ground?
Remember that time Dad wrote a song as we hiked a mountain and then sang it to us as we sat at the top?
Remember that time you brought the hot dog back to life?
Remember that time you played What Are the Odds with Nico and made him eat bread off the ground?
Remember that time you stuck a hot dog in Toli’s pocket and fed one to Hugo?
Remember that time when Morgan kicked the soccer ball and broke the church?
Remember that time when we went to McDonald’s a few times a week?
Remember that time DJ played What Are the Odds and had to go in the ocean, and the entire team went in when it was 63 degrees outside?
Remember that time we got deported from Bolivia?
Remember that time when we were denied visas four more times after we got deported?
Remember that time when we ended up in Peru instead of Bolivia?
Remember that time when we hauled bricks for three days straight?
Remember when I ate more ice cream in the last five months than I had in my entire life? (The correct response to this one was “you’re welcome”)
Remember that time when I called the whambulance so many times that it stopped coming?
When your daughter from Krispy Chicken Brushed with Glory gets home in 36 days, ask some questions, because there are some pretty incredible stories to be told.
