1. You get a workout by doing home visits ministry because you haven’t seen hills until you’ve seen Moldova.
3. Toilet paper is mistaken for crepe paper and considered as a decoration for the church grand opening.
5. While still learning your contact’s sense of humor, he pulls your van over to the side of the road followed by a car full of men. He then tells you to get out and run from the mafia.
6. Moldovan children consider your photography skills top notch and are ready to pose for several photo shoots when they hear you have Facebook.
7. A goodbye barbeque means killing, skinning and roasting a beaver. Surprisingly, it’s quite tasty!
8. Heating options for your cottage include a wood burning stove but an apparent lack of a chimney. The well-intentioned boy helping you start the fire in said stove may also throw your dress sitting next to it in for kindling if you’re not looking.
9. Snickers is a form of currency and may be used to pay for doing laundry, backrubs and to get on the shower schedule earlier in the week.
10. You see how many hearts God wants to capture in Moldova and understand why your contact constantly says in endearing broken English, “My friends, we have no time – we must fly!”
