1. No plans are the best plans. Rephrase: Papa’s plans are better than our plans
2. We are constantly perplexed but never discouraged. 2 Corinthians 4:8
3. The footloose dance
4. Helpful Spanish phrases: ¿Cómo puedo ayudar? , ¿Este bus tiene wifi? , etc.
5. The toilets in the Colombian airport are surprisingly clean.
6. Keep your paper when you go through customs, don’t throw it away!
7. Hot water equals luxury. In fact most of my life is marked by luxury.
8. Language barriers can be broken by games, dancing & working out.
9. Free bathrooms are too good to be true. If you don’t pay you can get locked inside.
10. Avocados are the size of a small child.
11. There are hills in Bogota steeper than the ones in San Francisco.
12. Katie struggles with math.
13. You aren’t allowed to sit on the floor at the Bogota bus stop. Or anywhere really.
14. Bre has low key narcolepsy.
15. Using the bathroom on a bus requires quads of steel.
16. “I’ll be back in 30 minutes”…..7 years later
17. Talking after the team has put in their retainers requires a translator.
18. How much Lucy and Ricardo love the kids here at Formavida
19. English has ton of similar sounding words that have very different meanings: Beer&Bear Mustache&Mushroom
20. Embarazada DOES NOT mean embarrassed.
21. Five girls and ten backpacks do fit into one small taxi.
22. Courtney should’ve totally packed the larger tub of peanut butter. #peanutbutteroreos
23. Don’t throw toilet paper in the toilet
24. Maddie has a serious coffee addiction
25. If you’re gonna get an airporter make sure to get one with a strap
26. 6 overflowing grocery carts equal 3 months of food
27. Hillsong is universal worship music.
28. When people laugh at your broken Spanish you know you’re in.
29. There are albino cockroaches.
30. Recipe for a “hot” shower: shower in 15 seconds.
31. Should’ve packed more warm clothes.
32. How to cut green beans really small.
33. Bus rides through the mountains are terrifying and beautiful!
34. When the teachers invite you to excercise Expect boot camp.
35. Bizarre is the new norm.
36. Laughing keeps you from crying.
37. New handshake games.
38. How to braid multiple heads rapido!
39. There’s no such thing as a 9 to 5.
40. How to cut out bread bowls.
41. You can use your teammate as a mirror in a pinch
42. Spanish worship songs with matching dances.
43. How to run an obstacle course with limited materials.
44. Kissing cheeks when greeting people.
45. How to sweep and mop and sweep and mop…
46. How to host a weekend slumber party with 40ish kids.
47. Bunk beds can collapse underneath you.
48. How blessed we are to get to do this for the next 11 months!
