Mangalaba!! This is a list of all the great and really really funny things my team has learned on the World Race, only four months in.
Learned what healthy community looks like
Learned to never leave your passports at H&M in South Africa, or random buses
Learned to budget better
Learned how to choose to love the people around me
Learned to not question any food before you try it
Learned how to squatty potty and master it
Learned how to stay hydrated during a 7 hour wedding
Learned to accept and love long skirts
Learned to not worry about what time it is
Learned a ton of greetings in other languages
Learned what hair looks and feels like after showering three times in a month
Learned not to hold on too tightly to things
Learned the art to one on ones
Learned to teach English
Learned that language barriers can’t contain us from sharing God’s love
Learned how to bury a dog
Learned how to call others higher in a healthy way
Learn to really love peanut butter and jellies everyday
Learned how to go months without brushing your hair
Learned and witnessed that cows fight and RUN!
Learned how to shew goats out of a squatty potty
Learned how to see all men as brothers
Learned how to master an 18 hour bus ride with no bathrooms
Learned to hand wash, any place, anywhere
Learned communal living with the squad, goats, cows, termites, and beetles
Learned what the milky way really looks like
Learn how to cook with the bare minimum of everything
Learned what it’s like to be the minority everywhere
Learned where Swaziland is and how to describe it
Learned what it looks like to really surrender
Learned how to avoid puff adders and spitting cobras with your LIFE
Learned how to live without water and electricity for days on end
Learned how to burmese barbeque
Learned how to build up the courage to run outside to the squatty potty at night
Learned what it’s like to live with five bros
Learned my hair really likes to dread itself
Learned to walk in freedom everyday baby
Learned how to bucket shower and love it even in a swimsuit
Learning what it looks like to really love like Jesus every day
