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HopeStepping out of that bus and seeing more than a hundred people looking at us was frightening, not because they were staring at us as if we were aliens, but because they looked at us with such amazement and joy. They greeted us with dances and songs in which they were so energetic that I was... Category: Volunteering |
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Te Sakam MacedoniaExperience is a teacher. Every breath will show us something we did not know could be possible; every step will take us to a place we did not know existed. I might say I am lucky that my teacher has been so... Category: Volunteering |
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My voulnteer work in AustraliaBeing the first in my family to go out the country and to go over seas was a huge deal. The fact that I was going to Australia, another country, another continent, another city in another pacific ocean had a big impact on me, just because I knew I was going to Australia for a good cause and not... Category: Volunteering |
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Definitions of SuccessAfter leaving my clean room at the Kogelo Retreat Villas and Homes, I walked down a red dirt road in Kisumu, Kenya, dodging goats and stepping over puddles and piles of garbage. I was on my way to visit a family who lived in the slums. Occasionally, I looked up from the road and scanned the... Category: Volunteering |
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El SalvadorAs I made my way off the plane, I was more than a little relieved that the excruciating flight to El Salvador was at an end. We boarded a bus and headed towards El Castillo de Ray, the place we were staying before leaving on our... Category: Volunteering |
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Since Jamaica...The fat white man gave us the last bit of advice: “Rule number three: In Jamaica time is not of the essence. Every meal will be in the morning at noon, and in the evening. The sun will come up and go down around the same time everyday; so don’t say dinner is late or it’s time... Category: Volunteering |
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Questions?Even through a thick layer of smog-laden clouds, I could feel the heat baking my skin. Clouds of dirt rose every time I took a step. Even though sweat rolled down my back and my hair was plastered damply to my face, I felt like a movie star. TangWan Elementary was my Hollywood and the giggling... Category: Volunteering |
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Appalachia: Just Because It’s DifferentAppalachia? Appalachia Kentucky? You’ve got to be kidding me. I can’t imagine anybody in their right mind spending their entire Thanksgiving break there. I mean…it’s just mountains and shacks and really poor people right? Wait- WHAT? It’s a missions trip? See, I knew... Category: Volunteering |
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My African EscapadeA foreign place is not something one can simply imagine or feel through a book or movie. In order to grasp the true meaning of "foreign," one must experience it first hand. During the second semester of my sophomore year, I had the privilege of doing just that. The... Category: Volunteering |
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My Nicaraguan ExperienceIf you wish to take your family on a one-week adventure that will affect not only your lives but the lives of thousands of children and their families, I have just the trip for you. Last summer I was an intern with a missions program that gave me the opportunity to travel to Managua,... Category: Volunteering |
