So I realized I haven’t shared much
about fun things or new experiences I’ve had thus far, so here, in
no particular order, are the top 25 new things I have done since
coming on the race…
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Swimming in the Caribbean
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Seeing a tarantula in the wild,
and it being killed -
Crossing a border via bus and
praying our way over it -
Having a lap full of orphans
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Translating for 6 other people
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Going door to door and talking
with people about God and His Word -
Bucket showers
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Bucket flushing toilets
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Eating a chicken foot and mangu
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Waking to a cockroach IN my tent
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Hugging and comforting a crying
orphan -
Going over a Haitian mountain in a
bus with no shocks, oh and there was off-roading involved -
Riding on the back of a moto,
including off-road -
Consider a tent as my home and
find comfort in the familiarity of it -
Plan in detail what will occur on
a lay-over, especially what will be eaten -
Teaching English to children
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Speaking Creole
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Washing all laundry by hand
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Seen the oldest cathedral,
military structure and road in all of the Western Hemisphere -
Translating and delivering sermons
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Haitian braids in my hair
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Constantly being stared at through
windows and doors, feeling like a zoo animal -
Consistently waking early not
hating the world, actually in a good mood a lot of times -
Sanding walls by hand
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Praising God and dancing with over
60,000 Haitians in the streets on the first day of Carnival which
starting this year had the first day dedicated to God
Anyway, I hope that gives you a glimpse
into all the crazy and unique things that have already happened in
the first month and half of the race….what will the next nine and
half behold?
