What I learned in Romania

*After four days of not showering you don’t even feel dirty anymore so it’s not so hard to go two weeks without another shower.

*I’m still happy with my decision to bring so many Q-tips, especially after meeting 4-year-old Gabi who hadn’t had his cleaned out in…who knows how long. Good thing I don’t get grossed out by earwax.

*Rabbit tastes like chicken.

*Sometimes you realize that the people who make you the most angry are the ones who are the most like you. And you still should pray for them.

*Beans and potatoes taste a little better when you spent hours picking them yourself.

*Exercise Texas Hold ‘Em poker = Best. Game. Ever. (Especially when you have three grown men doing jumping jacks around you while you sit and laugh at them.)

*Sadly, Mexican food in Romania probably isn’t a good idea. OK, it’s definitely not when 5 out of 7 team members spend the entire next day taking turns in the outhouse.

*When walking down the street and kids from the village yell out your name as you pass by, you totally feel like a rock star.

*The first day you go into the outhouse you may gag. But eventually you get used to the smell and then wonder, “If I no longer smell the outhouse, does that mean I can no longer tell how bad I smell?”