Things I won’t miss about the World Race…
* Dropped calls from internet being too weak or too many people on at once
* Sharing one bathroom with 4 women every day. Some month’s 5 to 10 more women.
* Bugs of all shapes and sizes
* Getting my blood sucked out by mosquitoes on a daily basis (so thankful that I didn’t get dengue fever or malaria).
25 bites from my elbow to my hand. These really don't work had about over 100 bites.
* Being called an American, Americano, whitey, gringo, white person everywhere I go.
* When walking down the street not having to listen to some random person say the only English they know. Hello… How are you… Good night… (sometimes it’s curse words…lol).
* Having to get up super early in the morning to do ministry.
* Having it still be in the 90’s at 11pm.
* The smell of hot stinky garbage everywhere you walk (Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia)
* The smell of burning trash (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Albania, Mozambique, Swaziland, Cambodia, Thailand).
* Trash everywhere… except the trash can
* Stray dogs chasing you down the street
* Dog’s, cat’s, donkey’s, horse’s…ect doing it in front of you
* Wearing the same faded clothes you had at the beginning of the race.
* Washing my clothes by hand.
* Cold showers
* Bucket showers
* Using squatty potties
* Living on a budget of $3a day for food!
* Having a buddy with you everywhere you go.
* No privacy
* Having roosters, geese, trucks, horns, dog’s, cat’s, people yelling, the call to prayer keeping you up or waking you up early in the morning.
* A dance party going on till 7am a block down from you, and it sounding like it’s in your bed room.
* Traveling with 50 other people (I love my squad but it gets kind of funny and hectic some times, also we are always looked at funny… I wonder why?).
50 people sure have a lot of stuff!
* Not having to carry my large pack every 30 days to go to the new location.
Thing’s I will miss and loved on The World Race!
* Fresh fruit in every country (Best mangos in Cambodia).
* Night market, things are cheap
* Cheap transportation
* 50 people who share the same love for our Holy Father.
* Borrowing your teammate’s clothes just so you could have a new outfit.
* Free pile at every debrief (World Racers love free stuff).
* Playing with children in every country
* Spreading the word of God to people who really want and need Him.
* Making new friends
* Getting to try new food
* Experiencing things that only The World Race can show you
* I will miss having girl time with the 4 beautiful women I have had the pleasure to be on a team with.
* Having Molly moments that only my team gets and understands (Like when I get up in the middle of team time without telling anyone where I’m going).
* Spending time with my wonderful team
* Traveling around the world.
* Getting to have personal time with God (in a field, hammock, beach, ect…)
* Having remembered when’s “memories”at any time during the day and laughing about it (ex. Remember when Molly peed her pants trying to catch the train in Romania and had to climb up three feet to get in without a platform.)
* Craft closet’s the size of your living room.
* Cheep tattoo’s (Don’t worry they are clean and safe, I got one in Bolivia.)
Having so much love for the people around me and wanting to spread the love of God to all I meet.
Healing the sick, help the poor, love a child who gets no love at home, these are all the things I love to do and I will miss it dearly!
The World race has changed me in a way that I would have never experienced had I stayed home.
I have learned to drop my walls, and surrender everything to God.
I will miss the friendships that I have made, and the time I got to spend with the team I call family “Ruth, Kristin, Kursti, Jenna, Joshua, and Ben”.
They have been there for me and have pushed me in ways that I thought I would never have gone.
I will miss them dearly the most.
(Joshua, Jenna, Kristin, Kursti, Ruth, Me, Ben)
I will miss The World Race!
