On February thirteenth I took a trip to the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco in order to volunteer at the Saint Anthony Foundation dining hall. I checked in with the coordinator and met with the staff and other volunteers before getting briefed on my duties for the night. I was tasked to help set up the emergency shelter for the night for the less fortunate. I welcomed each guest that walks in through the doors and hand each and every one of them a warm blanket. After each guest was accounted
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was nervous because it was my first time ever riding on a plane. When I went to the airport I really didn’t know what to do. I was confused‚ all these security checks was really stressful and exhausting. When we got in line to go on the plane I was very nervous I didn’t know what to do. I wanted to turn back‚ but I couldn’t. So we got on the plane‚ I looked around I never seen an airplane so big but in a tight space. I sat next to the window seat with butterflies in my stomach. Some people say that
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My dad had been praying about our family going on a missions trip. You will never guess what happened at our missions conference at our church on October 2011. The missionaries from Nicaragua invited our family to come visit them for a week. I didn’t want to leave the United States. I was sad to think about traveling that far away and leaving behind my family and friends. We started praying about going and in February of 2012 we boarded the plane at Gerald R Ford International Airport and headed
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the church bus left with all the church band members. The morning was still dark and cold. We have planned this band trip to Colorado for a while now. Everyone was excited for the eleven hour drive. At about five in the morning everyone has started meeting up at church. Blankets around our bodies‚ boots and warm slippers on our feet‚ and drowsy eyes‚ but we were ready for this trip. I remember that it was very chilly‚ dark‚ autumn morning. Everyone packed extraordinarily warm clothes for Colorado
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by their side. Not I. I fight for freedom for a living. My heart is drawn to the hard work of freeing my people from the bonds of slavery. This time‚ my 19th trip‚ I agreed to bring eleven slaves that wanted freedom all the way to Canada. Their hopes and dreams of a life of freedom is in my hands‚ under my care. I am responsible for them. A life without beatings‚ whippings‚ and discrimination is our goal. As I sang the arrival song for my passengers‚ I knew I had an arduous journey ahead of me
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The name of the city Detroit will now forever be ingrained in my memory. Not only have I been introduced to every song ever made that even relates to the city‚ or every Detroit related joke ever conceived‚ but was given the opportunity to meet an amazing group of individuals and put Mercy into Action. Although not new to the service trip experience‚ each one holds something new and special to discover. On this particular trip‚ it started out rolling down an alley in Detroit late in the evening
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birds flying in and out of the clouds from underneath of us. After a while I saw the island‚ palm trees covered it and the beaches were by far the best scenery. After our plan landed and we got off‚ the first thing I felt was the hot‚ humid air hit my face. Unluckily I was wearing jeans and a sweater because it was fall in Ohio. We were greeted with friendly faces welcoming us to Dominican Republic. We were on the bumpy dirt road‚ heading to our hotel. We passed some run down houses and stores
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It was a scorching summer day in Las Vegas and my dad and I were meandering around the city in awe of the size of everything. We were acutely aware that we had overdressed for the weather‚ having just left a chilly Illinois. It was the hottest place to which I had ever been. The both of us‚ father and son‚ were going to meet up with my grandpa to go to the Grand Canyon for one of the greatest trips ever. We were going white water rafting on the Colorado River for eight days. Returning to the
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My trip to South Dakota Frist have you ever been to Devils Tower? This summer my family and I went to Devils Tower. When we made it to Devils Tower‚ we looked up and saw Devils Tower and people were climbing Devils Tower‚ one person fell down but there safety gear saved them. My brother‚ Dad and I climbed the edges of Devils Tower while we were climbing‚ I could smell the sweet scent of pine trees. My brother and I we kept slipping and I fell (slip) and felt the burn on my leg. When we arrived
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