So, I'm learning that I've had a misconstrued view of what serving the Lord and ministering means. Yeah, we're called to sacrifice. Yeah, it's sometimes difficult. Yeah, there are periods of time when God calls us to difficult things. I'm gonna be honest. That month in Peru, when we shoveled and wheelbarrowed sand for a month, was kind of awful. It helped to realize all the crazy awesome ministry that would go on in the stuff we were constructing. But I am simply not built for hard labor. But that's okay. A lot of the World Race is serving in ways that are difficult. A lot of life is about that too. BUT! I truly believe that...

So back to the "mom" thing... most of my month here in Romania is cooking for and cleaning up after 23 people. I used to say, I don't know how Mrs. Duggar does it (19 kids and counting...) but I actually think it's ridiculously fun.

just a few of our groceries for a week...

While most people are outside shoveling in the freezing cold every day, one out of the three of us girls stays inside and supervises the kitchen. And cooking on the World Race is NOT like cooking at home.

8pm last night: put a ton of kidney beans in water to soak overnight

9am: wake up, clean up breakfast, get two chickens into pots of boiling water to cook for a few hours, put the beans on low on the stove.

11am: debone one of the chickens, get