So, What Happened Was...

I haven't shared these in a while. But people still go on mission trips, and they don't always hapen according to plan. Which means, funny things happen! And I felt really inspired, so I looked up few of these situations and things. Making it to where you won't have to. No need to thank me, this is just what I do. It might sound crazy, but these are all true. Now, if you're all braced for impact, let's get into it!

Missionary Douane Luttenauer told of a language-learning mishap in Latin America. He was trying to be humble, and said, "Soy Embarassada." Which, to English speakers, sounds right! but in Spanish it means, "I'm pregnant."

On a similar note, Karen Pedersen was passionate on the fact that Jesus isn't big on remodeling. What she actually said was that Jesus didn't come just to give us another hardware store. Of course, she meant Holiday. But in Ecuador, the words, ferreteria and feriado are painfully similar.

Another misunderstanding with funny results happened when a youth group was cleaning up liter. Which went as you'd expect, until one girl (I'll call her "Megan.") was surprised when she found a quarter pound bag of-cough-Oregano. Cough cough.

Bruce Dana, on a hot summer day in Idaho, rolled down his car windows. He parked the car, but left the winows down, because, the heat. When he got back, a kitten jumped out of the back seat, and clawed his shoulder! Dana's reaction? "I thought the devil had a hold on me."Yeah, mission work can be dangerous.

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