In 8 short days, the #fhbloggers will meet in Los Angeles to begin our LONG trip across the world to Bangladesh where we will spend a handful of days visiting Food for the Hungry’s staff and work there.

{We had a Skype call with the team yesterday and covered all the details. You know…to dos and not to dos, packing essentials, travel tips, making fun of Daniel C. White, etc.}

I am excited. I am nervous. And I am a little overwhelmed.

Before I pulled together this trip, I didn’t know much about Bangladesh. I knew I had seen “Made in Bangladesh” on some of my clothing labels, but truth be known I wasn’t even really sure where Bangladesh was. {For those of you like me, who aren’t quite sure  where Bangladesh is, Google Maps is here to help. See there it is..tucked in between India and Burma!}

Here is what else I’ve learned.

Bangladesh is a tough place to live. Climate change has made the country a flood zone. But it has also made the Bangladeshi people quite resilient.

Bangladesh is c-rowded. Imagine a country about the size of the state of Wisconsin that houses a population about half the size of the entire United States. C-rowded.

And Bangladesh is going to be quite a culture shock for all of us comfortable Americans.

In Bangladesh, people eat differently. With their hand, their right hand. {I guess your left hand is reserved for something else entirely?}

In Bangladesh, people dress differently. I can’t wait to sport my very own Salwar Kameezes.

In Bangladesh, people express themselves differently. Supposedly they take “personal space” to a whole new level.

And In Bangladesh, people do religion differently. Can you imagine living someplace where only .3% of the population were Christians? Yeah, me neither.

So all this to say, I’m pretty sure we are all about to have our world views rocked.

Would you please pray for me and the other #fhbloggers traveling to this whole new world?

Would you consider following our trip? We’ll be aggregating all the posts at http://www.fhbloggers.org or you can follow along on twitter by keeping up with the #fhbloggers hashtag.

And pretty please, would you consider sponsoring a child in Bangladesh? 

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