I don’t think this blog has any redeeming qualities, life lessons, or sage advice. It’s just the story of how I pooped my pants.
I remember at World Race training camp some of our mentors were laughing and saying that it’s pretty common to poop yourself at least once on the race. I laughed and remember thinking, “Yeah, that’s not gonna happen to me.”
Well, I am proud to announce that I am the first person on my squad to poop themselves.
If you have never experienced the shock and awe of waking up and realizing you pooped yourself in your sleep…well then you haven’t lived.
About two days ago, half of our squad came down with a severe case of diarrhea. At one point all 7 toilets in our ministry home were occupied simultaneously. It’s the kind of diarrhea where one second you’re having a casual conversation with a friend and the next second you’re like, “OH MY DEAR SWEET LORD HELP ME NOW” while clenching your butt cheeks and sprinting to the bathroom.
I’m pretty sure little minions have constructed a superhighway from my mouth to my butt.
Needless to say, I have been pretty sleep deprived due to the fact that at least once an hour I have to run to the bathroom.
Last night my body failed me and was in such a deep slumber that I didn’t wake up for one of my hourly poop sessions. When I eventually woke up my first thought was, “Eww, why is my butt all wet?!?”. Then the horror hit me.
I had pooped my pants.
I then walked (waddled) straight to the bathroom and into the freezing cold shower with all of my clothes on.
I guess you could say I learned humility in all of this because it sure is humbling to have to tell your squad mates that at 23 years of age you pooped the bed.
I also learned a lot of patience while waiting at the medical clinic today for approximately 7 years to get the right medicine to get rid of the poops.
If the Lord gives you any insight as to any more lessons I can learn from this experience please comment below.
Otherwise, please pray for me as I return to ministry tomorrow and will have to run up a hill in order to get to a bathroom…
