MISSIONARY MOMENTS: what kept me going this summer; what might inadvertently end world hunger with pennies
Dear kind old woman who introduced me at my final speaking engagement,
Africa is a continent. Not a country. If I had a penny for every time you said “the country of Africa” in your introduction, I would be the richest person in the state of Owasso. Or I could use all of those pennies to buy you the award-winning children’s book Africa is Not A Country.
But honestly, how could I blame you for a silly mistake like that? It’s obviously not your fault. Who is to blame you ask? Let us turn to the profound words of a famous orator whose widely quoted speech boasts over 30 million You Tube hits! Miss Teen USA South Carolina wisely points out that,
“US Americans out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe that education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the US should help the US or should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our.”
Well, duh.
So lady who introduced me, get a map. Or just watch Miss South Carolina’s speech and you’ll feel a lot better about yourself. I know I do.
Thanks for making my missionary moments more memorable,
Amber (The Missionary, in case you didn’t read my name tag)
1 Comment
January 4, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Miss Teen South Carolina answered that question badly, but she’s still got her looks to fall back on…