I thought I’d catch you all up on s’more lessons I’ve been taught while roaming around the world Following the Son. Please also know that I still have $2,286 more to raise until I’m fully funded. Any help (or further help) would be appreciated beyond words! God bless you and thank you so much everyone for continuing to keep up with my crazy journey.
Here we go…
Any more than 2 showers per week is a luxury
I am particularly skilled at changing clothes while lying
down in my tent
Mohawks aren’t just for preteen and punk rockers
Toddlers would rather keep running around, playing with their friends than tell you they have their own poop running down their leg
Many orphaned babies have been through more tragedy and suffering than most of those who willingly wallow in self pity over their less-than-perfect lives (and yet the babies still laugh and smile like nothing ever happened)
Land Cruisers in third-world countries are the coolest SUV
ever made
Being a good cook often means being able to throw whatever
food is left together and making it not taste horrible
God can calm me down and teach me more about myself and Him
simply by making fruit fall out of trees.
Anything more than the native equivalent to 30 cents for a
Fanta or a Coke is robbery
It is OK for a grown man to wear a bright green African
style jump suit
It’s quite possible for women to be even more beautiful with
a buzz cut
African ants will eat anything�”including tents (thankfully
not mine)
Chickens really will fly around for over a minute with their
heads cut off if you don’t hold them down
An able Malawian man can single-handedly build a house using
nothing but mud, tree branches, a ladder and a machete
Being woken up in the middle of the night by vicious barking
dogs is actually a good thing since they’re your only protection against hyenas
prowling the village
Baby strollers are completely unnecessary–all that’s needed
is a piece of fabric
Toilet seats are a waste of plastic
Public breastfeeding is actually completely socially
acceptable
The best pit stops involve an ice-cold Fanta and a mango
Sleep on a coach bus isn’t really sleep
Washing machines are the most under-appreciated piece of
technology ever invented
I actually quite enjoy giving myself bubble baths with the
strawberry-scented soap that our toddlers use
Living with and caring for eight orphaned toddlers all
around the age of two for a month will prepare you for anything that your kid
will one day give you
Hearing toddlers say their blessings, even if you can’t
understand what they’re saying, is one of the most heart-warming things you’ll
ever hear
Some parts of South Africa aren’t in Africa. They’re in Europe, America or possibly New
Zealand or Australia.
Playing with baby lions and/or being chased in your car by
an adult male is something everyone should experience at least once (or twice
in my case)
