I was excited to be a new missionary
Several years ago I decided I should get out into the world and experience new things, and I was sleepy because of the small town existence that had constantly shaped my life.
I wanted to get out of the country, explore some new areas, and see what the world had to offer me.
I also wanted to do some nice things with my life while I had the opportunity to go travel and change the world; however, that’s when I signed on for a brand new mission with my local church community to build educational buildings in a third world country. I was actually happy at the new hardships and experiences every one of us were going to face… Being in the sizzling and humid subtropical climate of the rainforest was going to be rather interesting after a lifetime in the brutally cold Northeast region of the country. Apparently, I was the only one of us who had prepared themselves for the massive change in climate and air temperature… When every one of us arrived at our destination, several of my fellow missionaries began complaining about the outdoor heat and humidity. They said it felt like they were drowning in the air and they couldn’t wait for the air conditioner at our hotel. The exhausting news was, every one of us were not staying in a current hotel with air conditioner. We were staying with locals who easily did not understand what an air conditioner device was. This A/C finding was so frustrating and trying to several of my group members that some of them quit right then. After just a single night residing without indoor air temperature control in the form of air conditioner units, numerous of the missionaries turned around and got right back on the plane to go home.