061 Confessions from Rivers: I Was Told I Had the Head of a Horse

What happens when you spend your early life avoiding hard things… and then life drops you into the deep end? In this Confessions from Rivers episode, Steve shares a story from his early days as a young missionary in Finland—cold, homesick, and completely out of his depth. Hoping to survive the brutal winter (and maybe look a little more impressive in the process), he sets out to buy a Russian fur hat. There’s just one problem. It doesn’t fit. What follows is a moment equal parts humbling and hilarious—complete with language barriers, blunt sales clerks, and a realization that sticks. Beneath the humor is something deeper: what happens when life forces you to do hard things how we respond when we’re uncomfortable, exposed, or out of place and why, sometimes, the only thing left to do… is laugh This is a story about resilience, humility, and learning to take yourself a little less seriously. 🎙️ Confessions from Rivers — short reflections and stories from a life well lived. 👉 Listen in and ask yourself: What did life teach you the hard way?