You catch yourself saying “Where’d you get a baby?!? I want one!” and then go on a baby hunt.
When Charades becomes the game of communication in every culture.
When you see a motor bike fly by with a barrel of pigs, a bath tub or a headless cow strapped on the back (true story).
When you show off a new plain V-neck t-shirt to everyone in the room, and they are actually excited for you.
When you find out the “Passion of The Christ” is in Aramaic……. Not French.
When you’ve gained so much weight that numerous people have congratulated you on your future baby!!! (Thanks, thanks, I’m super excited…….)
When you order an Asian crepe with chocolate and end up with a surprise chocolate hotdog crepe! Mmmmm.
When you always feel like a celebrity except all the paparazzi want in the pictures too.
When you get laughed at every time you attempt the other language.
When you sit in a church service for five hours and are lucky to understand any of it but still yell “AMEN” “HALLELUJUA!” just for fun.
When you think to yourself, “Yep, I’m getting feedback tonight.”
When over half the squad has gotten either a piercing, at least one tattoo or dreads.
When you prefer baby wipes over toilet paper because it’s cleaner…. But there’s always the pages out of your journal when there’s nothing else available!
When people beg you to let their fish eat the skin from the bottom of your feet.
When you end up living with that one person you didn’t want to end up with.
When chickens in the house is no big deal.
When you go to great lengths to get internet, and then you sit there for hours trying to make it work.
When you dread going back to America where nobody will understand any of your inside jokes.
When words become “Banana gram-able”.
When you have officially seen every movie and tv show on your hard drive…. And everybody else’s.
When the Lord turns your whole world upside down.
When you’ve had the “Hardest, best year of your life”, just like the alumni at training camp explained it.
When you can list how you and your views have changed.
When the word “Ministry” comes up in your future plans way more than in the past.
When you put your trust in the Lord every day.
When the “person you want to be” and the “Way you want to live” becomes more of a reality than a dream.
When you thank the Lord every day for loving you enough to send you on such an amazing journey.
