WHY IS THIS MISSION SO HARD

We are sitting in this Chinese restaurant, for the first time,  we have no idea whether we will get a parasite for life or be deathly ill, we can't understand any body, we can't talk to any body, in a few minutes it will rain like a fire hose, we drove in the dark last night, cars with no lights, no markings on the road, missed a turn off and all most went on the wrong side of the road, and so on...   Kathy looks at Gary and says, sweetheart why do you think this mission is so hard.