You Know You're a Missionary When...

Last week I asked my missionary friends on Facebook to finish the rest of this sentence:
"You know you are a missionary when..."

And they came up with the funniest stuff! Here you will read about all the hilarious, sad, and in-betweens about being a missionary.

A big THANK YOU to all my missionary friends who helped contribute to this post! If I had written down all of them this post would be a mile long! I hope you laugh and can peak into the life of being a missionary and choose to be one too--wherever you are.

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You start to pick up on what the "locals" do. 

You have to stop in the middle of the road for the baboons to cross.

Your self-acclaimed pet is a gecko.

It feels like Christmas morning whenever you get a package.

You can shower, cook dinner, and grade papers all in the time it takes for an internet site to load.

Even on your lowest days, you know your heart is full. 

You realize that your heart lives in 2 countries. You'll always have a fondness for your mission spot that words can really never describe...

You're lonely. 

Taco Bell from Guam is the highlight of your month.

You randomly blurt out food from back home. 

Your best nights are spent out under the stars in a hammock with mosquito repellent caked on your body. 

You've been stretched and challenged beyond what you ever thought you were capable of. 

You start using words like "aircon." 

Something as small as a packet of Taco Bell hot sauce makes you feel connected to home. 

You've been wearing long skirts...for a long time now...

You have to keep an eye out for gazelles on your morning run.

Beans.

You complain about things and wish you can go home, and then when life gets stressful you want to go back. 

A sincere "Thank you Miss" at the end of a heartfelt conversation feels like the only reward you'll ever need. 

You finally accept that life is crazy, and you may not always have running water or electricity, but you have each other and that is enough. 

When the ocean, sunrises, or sunsets are colors that you can't describe or accurately take pictures of, but they are perfectly burned into your minds eye.