My awesome friend Lisa always describes things, and then adds "Plus 4!" to add emphasis. Sometimes we use even bigger numbers to REALLY add effect.
Anyway, have you ever been the "new kid"? It's your first day of school, and the teacher asks you to stand up and introduce yourself to the class? I always hated that.
And it totally happened to me today...but way worse.
Actually, it wasn't that bad... Technically, tonight was just a cool cultural experience, but one particular aspect of it pulled me way out of my comfort zone.
We (Lisa, Kaitlyn, and I) went to a Catholic church today with Dalci, the Brazilian lady we live with. The meeting itself was super interesting, full of lots of insights into my own beliefs. Very thought provoking. I didn't understand everything, but liked a lot of what I understood.
Then, at the very end...
The pastor was talking and I heard the word "international" and thought, "Hey, that's me!"
Then he said gestured to us and introduced the three Americans who were here doing an exchange program (we had met him before the meeting, so he already knew where we were from/what we were doing in Floripa), at which point I thought, "Hmm....this just got embarrassing." And THEN...
He called us up to the front.
We walked up sort of awkwardly (ok, maybe it was REALLY awkwardly) to the front, where we stood for a second and he re-introduced us, including the fact that we are Mormons from Utah.
But we smiled and waved, and tried to be un-awkward.
Then they all clapped.
And we walked back to our seats...feeling even more awkward than before.
Ha.
Remember how I hated those days when you had to stand in front of 20 peers and just say your name? Suddenly, that doesn't seem so bad...
The end! :)
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