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Been attacked by leeches
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Had to legitimately watch our steps for King Cobra snakes
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Ridden in a sleeper train
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Spent Christmas away from home
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Had to clean rat poop off our kitchen table daily
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Slept in a tent inside to keep rats off of us at night
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Been to church in a closed country
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Been to an illegal church service
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Lived in the jungle
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Lived with monkeys in our front yard
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Made only homemade decorations for Christmas
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Made only homemade gifts for Christmas
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Gone to a Christmas service where the pastor thanked the hunters for the food
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Fertilized palm trees
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Eaten wild boar
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Eaten Chinese food for Christmas Dinner
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Fixed a big water pump
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Built a pump house out of second hand materials in the middle of the jungle
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Built stage props for a nativity (including a wooden stable)
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Spent Christmas morning with 150 + kids
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Played Mary and Joseph in a Christmas Play
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Preached to a Chinese congregation
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Been to Singapore
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Attended Joseph Prince's Church
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Performed an impromptu Christmas cantata which included, by request, songs such as “Home Home on the Range” and “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (it's a long story)
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Had chicken feet as a dish for Christmas Eve dinner
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Lived in a predominately Muslim community
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Eaten dinner while evening Muslim prayers are blaring in the background
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Seen the oppression firsthand of Muslim women and was so thankful for freedom in Christ
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Shown Muslims love instead of fear and hatred
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Personally spent time with Christians who are putting their lives and family at risk to spread the gospel