Is your World Racer coming home soon? Things will FOR SURE be different. Here are some tips on how to make your racer more comfortable with transitioning home…
- When we say “Off-day”, we mean free day like a weekend so do not question it.
- Month 1 means January, Month 2 means February, and so on. It is just how we kept track of months on the race.
- When we say we walked in Boldness, that means we did some pretty wicked things even when we were scared.
- We talk about switching countries like we are driving to other cities. Get used to it.
- It we tell a story that may seem scary to you (getting malaria, getting lost with no service, etc.) do not be alarmed, we laugh about it now.
- We might refer to the people we are staying with when we get home or our parents as our hosts. It is not weird, okay?
- We might feel weird going somewhere alone and we might refer to you as our travel buddies so play along.
- We probably will forget what side of the road to drive on when we first start driving again so help us out.
- Where we refer to debriefs, we are talking about a time where we would come together as a squad and process/talk through that month of ministry.
- Squad= the whole group of people we traveled with. Teams= the squad broken up to go to different ministry sites in each country.
- Do not ask a crazy amount of questions at first. We are fragile and are still figuring out what just happened.
- We might refer to group hangouts as team time now so if we do, please stop us.
- If you want to scare us away, say you have feedback for us. (Just kidding, please do not ever use that word).
- Do not be concerned if we do not unpack everything right away. We are used to picking up and leaving like every five minutes.
- Let us show you pictures and videos for hours even if you do not care. We used to share these memories with our teammates but now we are all apart.
- Get to know our Enneagram numbers because it will be all we talk about.
- We probably will be bad at texting back, we used an app to communicate all year.
- Catch us up on what we missed this year like movies, news, and all the good stuff.
- If you hear a loud noise, do not be alarmed. We probably just dropped our Hydroflasks.
- Love us well and we will love you well. It is weird coming home so give us time and space.
*I made Instagram stories of these 20 tips. Tag @thenicolerowe and @theworldrace if you want to use them 🙂
