One of the many reasons I'm getting extremely excited for this trip, is this will be the first time in my adult life that I will be traveling out of the country. My family went to Japan when I was about 6 months old, so naturally I don't remember a thing. I've seen pictures, so I guess that's proof enough that I was there. I have been on several mission trips, but they have been to places like Mississippi or inner-city Chicago. Interestingly, I've never even been up to Canada! Not even to go bowling!
Though I have traveled across and up and down these grand United States of ours, encountering slight religious and cultural differences, I'm really hoping and praying for some eye-opening experiences on this trip. Seriously, this isn't a road trip to St. Louis. This is a different hemisphere! Anything I've ever learned or think I know about any foreign country, I've learned from the comfort of home. I really have no idea what to expect. And maybe that should scare me, at least a little. But I'm more excited about it than anything!
Some of the preparation information we have (by that I mean me and my mom. She's going on this trip, too. How cool is that? If you don't know my mom, she's super cool) talks about what we'll encounter on our trips to rural areas and villages: candles instead of electricity, hand-drawn buckets of water, bathrooms are basically holes in the ground, etc... All this makes my mom uneasy, but I'm excited about it. I can't wait.
Another tricky thing is that I know absolutely no Portuguese. Supposedly, speaking English can get you around okay enough, but not really. I guess we'll be learning some of the more important terms in the near future. Like "where's the bathroom," and that sort of thing. I guess I'll find out!
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