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Teen Travel Writing Scholarship (Mission Trip to Nicaragua)I signed up. The decision could change my life. I planned on going to Nicaragua. The trip would last eight days in a new world. Even though Nicaragua is only in Central America, I soon found out life there was much different than my everyday comforts. This wasn’t a vacation or adventure; it... Category: Volunteering |
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My Life-Changing Experience in GuatemalaMy mission trip to Guatemala in the summer of 2011 appeared to be a way to be experience a different lifestyle than what I was accustomed to in the United States. The idea of also changing the individuals’ lives there was also exciting to me. Before emabarking on this trip I had an idea of... Category: Volunteering |
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Amigos de las AmericasTraveling is the best gift one could ever give or receive. It makes memories that will last longer than a gift card or a new t-shirt. Needless to say, the vacation or experience makes much more of an impact when it changes your life in some way. What makes it the most rewarding experience though is... Category: Volunteering |
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Only ten daysNo one ever thinks that your life can be turned upside down in only ten days, but it can. When I went to Brazil last summer on a mission trip it changed my entire outlook on life. The people I encountered made me realize how good I have it and that too much is taken for granted... Category: Volunteering |
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The Greatest GiftThey came from all over by the thousands. They traveled for miles. Some of them even came from neighboring countries. They walked, rode motorcycles, piled into the back of pickup trucks, and crammed themselves into military transport vehicles. Although each individual was unique,... Category: Volunteering |
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An Experience Only God Could GiveStepping off of the plane and entering a foreign country was an impactful moment. Knowing it would be a week till I would see my family again and venturing out into the unknown was surreal but I had God's peace. I took in the faces and language with wide eyed wonder. Hola, audios, amigo,... Category: Volunteering |
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The Most Impacting TripGrowing Growing up in Southern California I was used to sunny skies, warm breezes and freedom. At age thirteen, I didn’t think much about what life would be like in another country. I had read books and had a mental picture of what... Category: Volunteering |
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The Adventures of Egypt Post-RevolutionMy entire life I had been craving an adventure, one similar to the ones I see in movies and read in books. My adventure started the day I stepped foot in Egypt during the summer. I was looking forward to arriving in Egypt since the start of the revolution of which I was part of the group that had... Category: Volunteering |
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A Requiem for Hope in a Forlorn NationA thick blanket of humidity and heat surrounded my mother and me. We had arrived to the rendezvous point where our Haiti Medical Mission Team would assemble before departing for Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As I relaxed on the city-lit South Beach with the warm waves of the Straits of Florida lapping... Category: Volunteering |
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Putting the Third World FirstIn my short sixteen years, I have seen places and things I never could have imagined. By visiting the tropical coast of Hawaii, the diversity of Europe, and the patchwork quilt that is America, I have begun to understand the splendor of the world I live in. However, none of these places left such a... Category: Volunteering |
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