two crazy things happened today
hey guys-
oh my gosh...what a weird day...i just got home from two crazy events. 1. joe (my crazy team member) and i, braved what is called the "banya"...essentially this is when you get naked with a bunch of old kazak dudes and beat each other in the back with some twigs...it's basically a sauna on steroids...you could only sit in the room for 2 minutes before everything on your body started tingling and stinging! oh my gosh i wish i could describe this heat adequately!!! it was like fire...seriously...everyone stared at us at first and then we were accepted into the family of old kazak naked dudes!...another strange part of this experience was that a lady in her 50's showed us what to do...she gave us our soap and towels and opened our lockers for us...keep in mind we are wearin' nothin but a smile...semi-awkward. hilarious though. the other event took place on our way home from the banya...a lady was laying on the curb with her head busted open and everyone was just staring at her! so we called the m and he came and we washed her up and the ambulance came 30 minutes later...the healthcare here is socialized, but not the best...actually its terrible...we still dont know what happened to this lady...either someone hit her with a car and left her there or someone beat her up...which is what i assume! it made me so mad when i saw her face! i trust that father will heal her. early tomorrow morning we will leave for a village. we will take a ten hour train ride northwest. we are bringing with us a basketball goal and a frisbee! i think our main objective is to love on some village children for about 5 days and hopefully show them our father! today we finished up our english camp by celebrating with a cookout...it was sweet. we ate burgers and hot dogs and played baseball...the weather here has been really nice the past few days, much like home except with huge brown mosquitoes that have no mercy. this will be the last post for several days...i hope i can update you on what happens these next five days. please pr for our impact on these new people we will meet! the language barrier will increase dramatically these next few days, since people in the villages know very little english. i miss you guys and hope that your doing great!
love never fails...1cor13.8...
jon david
posted by Jon David Tettleton @ 6:05 AM
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7 Comments:
Isn't it great to know that the rest of the world has no shame when it comes to being naked?!?! I love it! We belong in some other culture.
I still have your back. I know that your love for people can and will overcome any language struggles. I am taking care of you so live like it.
whether it's a banya or a sauna i think those europeans and asians are on to something...and shashlik too.
love is love no matter what language you speak. Dad is dad of everyone no matter where they live! They will know you by your love...so go love those people and enjoy the fact that your words won't get in the way of it!
Thinking about you and hoping your trip bears fruit.
Jan
Thinking about you and hoping your trip bears fruit.
Jan
oh man. I wish I could have been there. The little girls (they're really boys physiologically) that I live with here in Brehman, they're almost as scared of a naked D.O. as Jamz... But it's not as hilarious, just annoying.
Don't worry, I sport the naked pretty strong anyway. And I'm writing this as two ladies read it over my back...
Jon
Great naked story. Bro I hope everything is going well over there. I'm just hanging out here fighting with Blinn over stupid BORIS and occasionally stopping by your old house(weird). Let me know when you are going to be back in the states because I think me and Drew are going to climb a mountain. You're cool...
Jerod
jrod-bro, i want to climb a mountain with yall...you know im there. you can use all your gear now! sweet. i hope sschool is treatin you decent. i will def. be coming to cs when i get back...i will let you know man.
d.o.-youre funny fool...i dont know when you became this way but i have laughed in this internet place twice because of you...more times than my entire trip laugh count combined...maybe not, but close...we can live in china together someday? what do you think? yes? we will have to discuss...take care man. i hope i can see you in brenham this summer!
la nuttter, aunt jan, tanner-thank yall so much for your prs!!! tanner i want to hear how your craziness was this summer???
jon david
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