So if you're thinking about joining us on the transitions 2010 missions trip to the Philippines... get ready for a SLEW of memories, ridiculous quotes and team bonding like never before! As official Trip Logger, I plan to get it allllll down on paper so that we can laugh about it for years to come afterwards [just like our 2007 team is still doing!!]. I know some of these are completely out of context - ask if you must, but I think most of them are pretty funny just as is. This isn't even half of it, but it's a taste!
amy:)
QUOTES:
"Two chickens, because a chicken can't fertilize itself." - Saara, when asked "which came first, the chicken or the egg"
"Yup, it's a wrap!" - Bethany, after Ate Kristi said "masarap" [tasty in Tagalog]
"I have never in my life come into a house of God smelling this nasty." - Amy, during prayer meeting at PCAT
"Is that watermelon?" - Kendy, referring to a PAPAYA
"Come to our crusade as we wreck your car!!" - Unknown, yelled from the van after we accidentally smashed someone's rearview while doing the flier distribution the day of the crusade
"You have to tell Jesus what He has done for you." - Brother Alland getting a little tongue-tied during a sermon
"If we could stop crime, we would have a happy world where we could live together ever happily." -Brother Alland during street evangelism meeting
"Because these are crayons and those are markers." - Kendy's response to the questions of "Why are you separating the crayons from the markers?"
"Are you two sisters?" - Random person from the Philippines to Kimeka and Bethany in the mall [yes, that’s right. KIMEKA and BETHANY]
"There's nothing Jolly about it." - Bethany, referring to Jollibee chicken [Jollibee is the Filipino equivalent of McDonald’s]
MEMORIES:
*Kendy being confused at EVERY pre-trip meeting no matter what was said, even if it was something as simple as "bring a suitcase"
*Brother Alland snoring in the van on the way to Pila from the airport, and Bethany thinking it was the driver
*Nicole waking up at 2:38 AM and going outside to make them stop playing music at the most elaborate Sweet 16 party we've ever seen that was taking place in the hotel where we were staying
*The whole team’s confusion over whether the small yellow squares were cheese slices or butter
*Singing praise and worship @ the joint worship service and noticing an ENORMOUS PIG'S HEAD sitting on the table, staring at us
*Angela not wanting to have praise and worship rehearsal because she had to go take a shower... but she wasn't on the praise and worship team
*Bethany "saving Amy's life" in the van by reaching her arm across Amy when the van came to a "hard stop"
*Nicole getting bitten/stung by a dead crab
*Nicole and Amy smelling "barbeque" which turned out to be a huge pile of trash
*the brother at the prison being SO LOUD while Bro Alland was preaching and we were in the back room after the skit... he brought in a chair for us and loudly announced "CHAIR!!!!" as it echoed through the entire prison
*Kendy being a complete wuss during the rehearsals of the Everything Skit, and then literally putting claw marks in Amy's skin during the actual performances and literally throwing her Superman-style across the stage
*Kendy collapsing on TOP of Bethany at the end of the Everything Skit, and Bethany "rising from the dead" to move Kendy's arm off of her
*Kimeka always coming back from "doing her homework" right at the moment when all the work is finished
*Kimeka knocking on Niyah's door for AM devotions and Niyah staying asleep, then Kimeka coming back to knock again ten minutes later and Niyah pretending like she'd been up the whole time ("yeah, i'm just grabbing my shoes")
*Roosters crow at ALL HOURSE in the Philippines, not just in the morning
*Pastor Alland asking the NYC people to stand up and EVERYONE standing up cause Pastor Ed hadn't translated yet
*the first goat ever to get saved in the history of evangelism @ the street crusade - he came RIGHT up to the front of the stage the minute the invitation was given, bleating profusely
*one of our team members unknowingly making a sacrifice to an idol because he thought you were supposed to put money in it to pay for the candy he was buying... and then actually taking the money BACK when he found out what it really was
SPECIAL AWARDS
*KENDY - for being able to fall asleep anytime, anywhere; also for filling any gap of silence more than two second long with some kind of song
*NICOLE - for not retaliating after Kimeka strangled her for eating some of her halo-halo [Filipino dessert]
*BETHANY - for the most creative prayer on the trip, asking God to do "special stuff"
*NIYAH - for thinking that a sugar packet was ketchup
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