I wrote a blog a few months ago about weird things that happen on the race sometimes. So, I figured I’d write a second!
Sometimes your teammate almost throws up on you but then she makes it to the sink
Sometimes you put temporary tattoos on people when they are asleep
Sometimes you make a habit of eating pepperoni and bread for lunch because it’s Eastern Europe
Sometimes you practice a skit in a public park in Sofia, Bulgaria
Sometimes you spend 30 of 48 hours painting Noah’s ark and all the animals in a kid’s ministry room
Sometimes you eat chicken curry at 6:30 AM in Singapore on a layover
Sometimes you miss your bus and have to sleep in the bus station in Asia
Sometimes you wake up in that bus station and realized the patch on your sleeping pad didn’t work #deflated
Sometimes your first official shift at refugee camp it pours down rain and it’s the overnight shift
Sometimes when you ask your ministry host for dress code specifications and he says “don’t be too sexy”
Sometimes you try to buy your host river boat ride tickets but they out bless you and already bought yours
Sometimes you throw up from a violent cough in the Radiology department of the hospital
Sometimes the Greek wind is really strong and crushes your tent against a wall and shreds the poles
Sometimes your host’s mom remembers you as “spicy girl”
Sometimes 5/7 of your team wears matching men’s swim trunks on travel day
Sometimes you dress in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts and jandals and your host takes you to a fancy hotel for dinner with two families from his church
Sometimes you get to pray with elderly Chinese women in Malaysia
Sometimes your teammates get attacked by a monkey at the beach
Sometimes you eat curry puffs for breakfast on Thanksgiving Day
Sometimes you have to wear your rain jacket on the bus because the air conditioner is leaking so much
Sometimes you eat seaweed pork dumplings from a night market in Malaysia
Sometimes when you are working out on the 3rd floor of your hostel you are genuinely concerned the floor will cave in
Sometimes when you use 5 gallon water containers as weights they leak on you
Sometimes you drop your headphones in your peanut butter waffle
Sometimes you get invited to a family dinner by the backpackers in your hostel
Sometimes when you are on shift at a refugee camp the translators make a huge wok of food for everyone in the office to share while sitting on the floor
Sometimes your team makes a music video to One Direction
Sometimes you meet a couple from Canada (we love you Jessica & Brahm!!) and they pour into you SO much
Sometimes your five hours bus ride turns into eleven and a half
Sometimes you hold your own IV bag in your hand when moving rooms in a Greek hospital
Sometimes you get lice twice before month 6
Sometimes you meet a mutual friend in Starbucks in Thailand
So many weird/crazy/fun/tragic things in these 5 months! Today was my last day of ministry with my first team and my last day of ministry in Thailand. This whole world race goes by pretty fast – see ya new years day Myanmar !!
