Encyclopedia of Summer: Volume M

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 [...]

To Missionary Guilt:

ME, GUILTY MISSIONARY (GM): What should we do tonight? 
ROOMMATE BROTHER (RB): Save Africa.  We only have 4 days left.
GM: I was thinking we could watch High Fidelity.  I need a movie with narration.
RB: And John Cusack.
GM: You know me too well.
RB: So, the Africans dying and going to hell?
GM: Right.  About that….
2 hours later
GM: I [...]