"So, was there anything you just couldn't find there?" I asked the newly returned missionary. He had been home from Guatemala for a few months, and I would be leaving for the same country soon.
"Balloons," he said. 
It was my turn to look puzzled. Why would a missionary need balloons?

"So, was there anything you just couldn't find there?" I asked the newly returned missionary. He had been home from Guatemala for a few months, and I would be leaving for the same country soon. "Balloons," he said. It was my turn to look puzzled. Why would a missionary need balloons?

"So, was there anything you just couldn't find there?" I asked the newly returned missionary. He had been home from Guatemala for a few months, and I would be leaving for the same country soon.
"Balloons," he said.&nbsp;
It was my turn to look puzzled. Why would a missionary need balloons?

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