Mission Trip Recap

So I havent been updating my site becasue I was on an extended reading week mission trip to the west coast of Vancouver for the last 10 days, or so...

10 days is a lot of time to recap... a lot does happen in ten days... so i will simply highlight the things I leaned over the week...

1) When riding greyhound, it is necessary to get a window seat... an aisle seat saves you cramped legs but does nothing to save your neck, which ultimate decides just how much sleep you get

2) always carry your deceased husbands head in a hatbag for comedic results and a lighter jail sentance

3) It's depresing to be 5 minutes away from the place you grew up, but not be able to stop in and say "hi"

4) Oceans are exciting to people who have never seen them before...

5) A gay comment gets you the bed when everyone else sleeps on the floor

6) Never tell someone you love that you hate them while they're trying to say goodbye... You end up regretting it (just a little)

7) Bagels are a necessity when you're stranded on a pile of wood in the middle of the ocean

8) Look for slippery wood before you start to relieve your bladder, do not wait until after you have began to relieve yourself torealise the wood you are standing on has the traction of an ice rink hosed down with melted butter

9) saying yes to one piggy back will mean you will be a pack mule for the remainder of the week

10) glasses are not a strong and noble creature... they are a fragile and will crumple at the sight of children (three of us had problems with our glasses this week)

11) If you leave a child crying long enough, someone else will handle them...

12) Do not leave children un-attended if theyre are throwable sized rocks around...

13) Quelch the game of "lets throw rocks at each other" before it has more than two participants

14) DO NOT EAT ALL THE CEREAL!

15) Some people do not get my sense of humour

16) I do not enjoy nature or exercise... Combining the two for my enjoyment is a waste of time...

17) A tree is only as strong as the person climbing it...

18) Children can be entertained for hours on end by making them run from one end of a gym to another

19) You do not need to understand old people so long as you smile lots and repeat important words you can pick out...

20) Never try to get the last drops of water out of the spagetti pot...

21) potato skins are your friend, not your enemy

22) always set your alarm to 5 minutes before your teammates return

23) pretending you have had a productive day by yourself is a lot easier if you awaken 5 minutes prior to your team returning

24) Never underestimate the power of harmonics (we don;t need know stinking guitar)

25) children clapping to rythym sounds more like guerrilla gunfire than rythym

26) people are FAR more attractive when they're not single

27) finding nemo is not the movie for me when I am deathly tired

28) crab is always better when it goes (almost) directly from the ocean to your stomach

29) just because its like a raspberry, does not mean it is enjoyable

30) snowstorms in BC are fun in that there are more emergency vehicles on the road than personal vehicles

31) Not yelling at people is easier than I thought...

32) Never wake me up 10 mintues before I need to get up... Especially when I am told I can sleep til a particular time

33) Taxi drivers in small towns do not always know where theyre going

34) sunchips are fun chips

35) sleeping bags can do more damage than you think

36) Yahk has never been more important than in the game of place names

37) ganging up on neal at hearts isn;t fun... for me...

38) a boat the size of a volkswagon beatle is not a cool place for 7 people to spend hours at a time...

39) sour cream is not meant to be frozen

40) (and most importantly) no one has to understand any of these in order for them to be meaningful to me.