100 things I never did before the World
Race…
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Played so many games of spades
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Survived rafting the nile
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Had so many friends with malaria
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sweated more than not
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hung out with the prostitutes
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preached
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ate so many carbs
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nearly freeze to death in a tent
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Felt the holy spirit
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Love Jesus quite so much
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laugh so much
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be annoyed so intensely
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drink so much tea
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mastered the squatty potty
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showered so little
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smelled so bad
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taught English
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prayed for so much healing
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seen people freed from demons
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cussed out the devil
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eaten so many pb sandwhiches
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been homeless
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watched so many chickens die for
my dinner -
rode such interesting modes of
transportation -
slept in airports
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lived on a bus for 3 days
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got a tattoo
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had my debit card number stolen
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been carsick in such a condensed
amount of time -
played with such beautiful children
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eaten such delicious and cheap
pineapple -
Swam in the Indian Ocean
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Seen the Pacific Ocean
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had so much diarrhea
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lived in a hut
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killed so many spiders
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been bitten by so many mosquitoes
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spent a ridiculous amount of
money for a jar of peanut butter/cereal/candy bar/or whatever
American product I was missing -
Climbed a volcano
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Sled down a volcano
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Prayed so intensely
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Met so many new people in a year
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learned to barter like a pro in
broken english -
been crammed into so many vehicles
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been so unaware of what the next
day would hold -
handwashed my clothes
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prayed that my dinner wouldn’t
give me a disease -
missed my dryer
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mime my basic needs
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seen so much of God’s beauty
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drew my own water from a well
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been caught in so many rainstorms
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danced crazy before the Lord
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loved dirt floor church services
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Told so many people about Jesus
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zipline in Thailand
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enjoyed a sleeping bag
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missed my parents this much
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mastered a gas oven
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swung in so many hammocks (come on
americans…we need one in every home) -
washed someone else’s feet
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been so humbled
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been so encouraged
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baked in a toaster oven
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eaten a a duck egg with body of the duck already formed ( Cambodian favorite)
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eaten jackfruit ( wish I never
had) -
swam in so many questionable
bodies of water -
used pond scum to wash my body
(small exaggeration) -
enjoyed showers so much
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used my headlamp so much indoors
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eaten so many beans
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rode motorcycles
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seen machetes used as canes
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seen sugar cane be the local
choice of snack -
been called foreigner or white
person in so many languages -
gone completely by the name of
Elle -
been obsessed with african
anything (jewelry, cooking stuff, wooden carvings…anything..oops!) -
slept on train station floor
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hung out with gypsies
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almost witnessed a cat drowning
that belonged to our pastor -
come to know the smell of burning
trash -
seen so many awesome ministries
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played with such beautiful
children -
slept in a tent inside a house
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been alone only once every few
months for less than an hour -
learned to talk through a
translator -
been so confused about what side
of the rode people drove on -
thought of toilet paper as a
luxury -
Had so much Joy!!!
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Seen so many women breast feeding
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lived without electricity
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Had the privilege of being apart
of such an amazing body of people -
Thought about killing someone for
snoring so loudly -
seen angkor wat
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Praised Jesus on a hillside on
Easter morning and flung the bottle of praise! Good times -
had my friend and teammate be my
hairdresser -
had custom boots made for me!
Thank you El Salvador! -
Drank so much instant coffee
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Bought such hippie clothing
100. Sailed around with Africans in
a wooden sail boat
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