My job sends me to a lot of places, most of them I don't want to go to. But last week I got the chance to go back to Brazil, something I haven't done since I was a missionary. I thought it somewhat odd how different this trip was, and would like to relate a few of the things that I did which I never did as a missionary:
1. Walked around by myself.
2. Did not wear a white shirt.
3. Did not wear a tie, at all, even in a button up shirt.
4. Ate whatever I wanted without concern for offending my host.
5. Did not get sick after eating whatever I wanted.
6. Stayed in a hotel. That cost as much per night as what I paid for rent as a missionary.
7. Took pictures with a digital camera.
8. Accessed the internet from a laptop computer.
9. Talked to my wife and children via the internet.
10. Looked at birds and really wondered what they were.
Numbers 7 and 8 probably have more to do with being the year 2011 instead of 1998, but still, I never did them as a missionary.
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