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5 Amusing Mission Experiences 

6/6/2016

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As my second book releases next week, I wanted to celebrate real life mission trips. The characters in Going Up South travel to Honduras in the novel and have their own funny adventures, but here are some of my friends' amusing mission trip experiences.

​1. Guatemala~ There was rooster given by a patient to pay the dentist. Somehow the rooster ended up being placed in the nurses’ hotel room. Once caught and removed, the thing crowed all night outside our windows.
​Lisa Cantrell and Roy Kellum


2. Honduras~ The whole congregation and the mission group went down to the beach for a baptism. There was a young man swimming. We didn't think anything of it and commenced with the baptism and afterward sang some songs, fellowshipped. When we were leaving, we noticed the pile of clothes. Apparently this guy thought he had a secluded section where he could take off his clothes and go for a swim. He stood sheepishly about 50 yards from shore waiting for us to leave.
​Brad Lister
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o3. Haiti~ Picture several women standing more or less in a row fighting to hold this chunky little sweet Haitian baby. In the end, as the women were called away to help with everything from medical situations to finding where someone put some paint supplies, the one left holding the baby was a 225lb 6' tall bearded guy who happens to love babies (that would be me).
​Matt Simoneau

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​4. Guatemala~ We were told we would drive for 3 hours, stop for dinner, and drive 3 more hours until we reached the rural city of Poptún. We got on the bus with people we didn’t know, road for about 3 hours. We stopped for dinner. We got back on the bus… for about 8 more hours.  At one point, we stopped at quarantine roadblock. We were already sketched out… but you’re telling us to get off of this uncomfortable, old school bus stand in the dark and let some strong men in military uniforms carrying large guns come look for fruit? Well yes, I did think that we were about to be lined up to get shot, but we got out anyway. We made it through (they didn’t see the bananas we had… awkward).
Ginny Wages
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​5. Honduras~ The youngest guy on our team, Hall, had the unique talent of coming up with the most outrageous an random stories right on the spot. We enjoyed his wild tales every evening while we rocked in hammocks to wind down.
​Elizabeth Thompson





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Another friend of mine has lived with her family in Asia on a long term mission. I laughed out loud several times at one of her blog posts. ​https://tuminellos.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/things-that-asia-has-taught-me/


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Going Up South is only 2.99 for the ebook preorder.
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What's your mission trip experience? Or would you like to go on one?
4 Comments
Jackie Layton
6/7/2016 03:31:10 am

Hi Janet,

Congratulations on your new release! I'm sure if I'd been on the bus, I would've thought we were about to get shot too.

On my mission trip to Jamaica, the roads were so narrow you honked as you drove into each curve to let others know to get out of the way. Also, I usually get car sick and one of my prayers was not to get car sick. God answered my prayer on this trip. We drove in a big van, and often I was in the back seat. Praise God!

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Janet Ferguson
6/7/2016 04:47:29 am

Ha, I happened to be on that bus. It was a long scary ride!
Wow! So glad your prayers were answered so that you could have a good trip in Jamaica!

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Kathy McKinsey link
6/8/2016 02:03:13 pm

Too much fun!

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Janet Ferguson
6/9/2016 01:39:56 pm

Don't you love it, ha!

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