Don’t ask me that

My former teammate Jordan wrote an incredibly real blog about how her community can support her during the transition home, including questions to ask instead of “how was it?” I loved this list of questions so much, I decided to make a list of my own!

 

1. How did God show up in [insert month/country]?
2. What were you most grateful for when you got to South Africa?
3. What about Nepal felt like home?
4. What did you love about Africa?
5. What are some hard conversations you had with God?
6. What scripture are your tattoos based on?
7. What do you say instead of “Namaste”?
8. What did you preach on in India?
9. How many books did you read this year? Which ones impacted you the most?
10. How many journals did you fill?
11. What songs did you play on repeat?
12. How did your definition of worship change?
13. Which books of the Bible did you read this year?
14. How did you deal with conflict in Haiti?
15. Tell me about that time there was tear gas in your village.
16. What made Zambia hard?
17. What curse words did you say in Romania?
18. Tell me about getting on and off trains this year.
19. How many times did you get sick?
20. Where did you have the worst wifi?
21. How did you bruise your butt month 9?
22. What was difficult about African culture?
23. How did your Indian host family love you well? What was hard about that living situation?
24. How did it feel transitioning from Asia to Europe?
25. What did ministry look like in [insert country or month]?
26. What types of ministry did you thrive in?
27. How much water did you drink in Botswana and how did you purify it?
28. What is your favorite seat in a tuk tuk?
29. What are some conversations you had with taxi drivers in Africa?
30. What did you learn from working with Dominguez?
31. How do you think your months would be different in the DR and Haiti if you went there later in your route?
32. Where could you see yourself doing missions or ministry in the future?
33. What do you miss about Maria and Bernabe?
34. Who is Jill?
35. Tell me about Snezi.
36. Tell me about Babe Maria.
37. Which hosts made you laugh the most?
38. Which hosts poured into you spiritually and how?
39. What happened via email just before your birthday?
40. Who were some role models you found on the World Race?
41. Why did you say “gringo” so much in Asia?
42. How did your squad leaders pour into you?
43. What did Victor Uncle think your name was?
44. What did you give your house mate when you left South Africa?
45. Who is Dennis?
46. Who is Zameka?
47. Who is Timotei?
48. Are there cliques on the World Race?
49. What did it feel like to have team changes?
50. What was it like having teammates who were with you for more than one team?
51. What does “debrief” mean? How often do you have it?
52. What are some things you reluctantly shared about yourself with your team/squad?
53. What inspired your friends to say “you look like yourself today”?
54. What did you learn from your first team?
55. What were some of your favorite team times?
56. What was some hard feedback you gave or received?
57. Why did you step down from being treasurer?
58. What did you do on your layover in Boston?
59. In what ways do you feel more equipped to travel?
60. Tell me about your worst travel experience?
61. What did you drop from your pack?
62. What did you buy?
63. What advice did your month 3 host give you that has stuck with you? Month 8?
64. What is a “free table”?
65. How did you find out about news in your friends’ and family’s lives?
66. What did Thanksgiving/Christmas/your birthday/Easter look like?
67. How did you fight for Christmas cheer in Zambia?
68. What was health and exercise like on the Race?
69. What did you do on your off days?
70. Which movies did you watch the most?
71. What are some times you felt insecure or inferior on the Race?
72. What are some times you felt capable and secure on the Race?
73. How did you navigate Cyrillic?
74. What did you abandon on the World Race? What did you lose?
75. When were you most homesick? Least homesick?
76. Why do World Racers get so excited about denture cleaning tablets?
77. What languages did they speak in each country and how much did you learn of those languages?
78. Where was the best coffee?
79. How did extra trips work on the World Race?
80. Why did someone ask about Kasey’s shoes on Lion’s Head?
81. What apps did you download this year? Which ones did you delete?
82. What was your favorite travel day/journey?
83. Do people really not date while on the World Race?
84. Were you allowed to drink? Did you?
85. What are some things you and your teammates fasted from? Why?
86. What did you teach on at sessions?
87. What podcasts did you listen to?
88. What are journey markers?
89. What did church look like this year?
90. What was the weather like in [insert country/month] and how did you cope with it?
91. When did you see your teammates thrive in ministry?
92. How did you use social media for the Kingdom this year?
93. What did you collect from each country?
94. What photos did you take in every country (almost)?
95. Did you have FOMO this year?
96. What did you take from airplanes?
97. Where should I eat + what should I do in [insert location here]?
98. Who from home did you see this year?
99. How was the Race different from your previous experiences abroad/serving/traveling?
100. What happened to your watch?