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If I could get my hands on one of those little shorts, Bemused
I would frame them
And write below in fancy script:
"A young boy wore these
Who became a great man!"

Then I would hang it in
The Shorts Hall of Fame.
If there is no such thing
Then we could make one.

Who has more fun than we do?
Can you even imagine Chicago???

Missionary Barrels can be very fun and funny at times. People would send us boxes of stuff when we were here in the States stuff to take back. Once my Mom got maternity dresses when she wasn't even pregnant, we had a good laugh about the suggestions they seem to be making. But out of that same box I got six brand new dresses a lady made for me. Her daughter was the same size as I was so they fit beautifully. People at church would also give us clothes. My Mom would pack up the stuff that didn't fit or we didn't like then when they were asked to speak at some church far away Mom would take the box along and drop it off at a Salvation Army Store in a bigger city. It does teach you that second hand clothes can be good. I shop Salvation Army and Ten Thousand Villages Thrift stores you can get great deals some times.

Once a lady who was a seamstress and had made some dresses for another missionary who just loved them offered to make some for me. She took measurements. They did not fit and were quite ugly----I was so disappointed. But the strangest things happen to us, don't they?
There is a knack to finding good stuff in the MB.
Some parents did not have that knack and if their kids had "natural style" told them that was not godly etc.
If we looked nice, other miss people did not like it.
Looking back-----if you had anything new or had the privilege of going on a family trip just for together time and relaxation----you had to say----someone gave it to me/ or it was half off/ or SOMETHING to make it sound like it was not nice or fun or too expensive or too new, etc.
Second-hand life.
More godly.

Oh yes, so true .... the envy ... and the urge to explain everything so that others wouldn't be envious or judgmental ....

I don't miss that life.

I wonder if the wolves got their sheeps clothing outfits in the mission barrell?

Probably at the zoo!

Funny about having to explain yourself away when something good happens to you in a material or financial way. I am 67 this year and still do this (explain it away) to new people I come in contact with. Full stop.