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I have been blessed in life with health and love. I have parents who love me and do everything they can to help me strive in life. One of the amazing opportunities my parents gave me was my mission trip to Africa. I quickly learned I was going to attend and started the fundraising for the trip. I knew I wanted to go on this trip when I learned about the orphanages I was going to be able to visit, and the hospitals I was going to be able to assist in. This trip was an opportunity for me to give back all the love I have recieved in my life. Reflecting on my trip I realized it meant I was going to be in a third world country with almost everything different than what I am used to and that quickly gave me a feeling of fear, the fear of the unknown. …show more content…
They wanted to be loved. They wanted to be happy. They wanted health for them and their loved ones. One time on the trip this really clicked was when I was visiting an orphanage. I was talking to a 16 year old girl, named Tayamika, about what she wants in the future and what I want in the future. This girl replied to my question, “what do you want in your future?” by saying “happiness and love”. Those three words moved me so much. She said the two things everyone wants in life. She is no different than me and what I want in the future. Two people who live totally lives have the same hopes for their lives. I learned that although we have different social and economic backgrounds those things were completely irrelevant. The things that were relevant were how we all we wanted to be happy and loved. We all loved to laugh and be with people we loved. The materialistic things that made a so called “border” between us meant nothing. What mattered was we all wanted the same things in life and had passions in life. Tayamika demonstrated to me the extent to which social and economic backgrounds do not define someone and how similar we are. Ever since my experience with Tayamika I continue to pass on what she demonstrated to me, whether it be when I am volunteering at the hospital or when I am with my

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