You Know You're a Missionary When...

-you have enough luggage under the beds to host the town's population of mice.
-you have at least three Action Packers (plastic storage lockers) which are covered in fabric and being used as furniture.
-you know how to scrap your meal plan and come up with something good and fast when the electricity goes out an hour before dinner.
-you cook with grams, cups, milliliters, Fahrenheit, and Celcius.
-you have a system for bathing, flushing, and washing dishes without running water for days.
-you've figured out things you never would have understood back home - electricity, computers, plumbing, and exterminating.
-you keep a flashlight next to the bed, and you use it frequently.
-you're satisfied having accomplished three out of seven errands when you go to town.
-your main reason for using child car seats is to keep kids from flying around while you bump and bounce over washed-out dirt roads full of pot holes.
-you bring Bibles in two languages to church, plus a dictionary, and still only catch 1/4 of the sermon even though you were paying attention.
-broccoli and lettuce seem exotic, while mangoes and papaya seem boring.
-you use cloth rags for cleaning instead of paper towels, and it's not because you're environmentally conscious.
-you write newsletters and take family photos every month.
-you laugh when you see a magazine photo making a mosquito net look charming or romantic.