“Your gifts are not about you, leadership is not about you, your purpose is not about you. A life of significance is about serving those who need your gifts, your leadership, your purpose.” I live in a bubble: wealth, comfort, education, and love. Not everyone in our world lives like this, not even everyone in our country lives like this. I knew there were people that were starving, homeless, abused, or ignored; what I did not know was how many. I had never been out of the country until last December. My family decided to take a trip to Guatemala. It was going to be a humanitarian trip before our guide cancelled on us, so we ended up going to tour the major sites and to see some of the villages.
The flight landed early in the morning and …show more content…
Resting my head on the seat and closing my eyes, I half listened to them. Within about ten minutes of driving, I heard the word Mormon. I looked up and listened closer to what they were talking about. He had asked if we were Mormon, since we were from Utah and had so many kids. I was surprised that he, being from a different country, could tell within minutes that my family was Mormon. I tried to keep listening, but my stomach would not let me look anywhere but the window. I quietly watched the countryside go from farms to the capital, Guatemala …show more content…
I was appalling to me, but it was an incredible eye opening experience. The bubble that I live in has not been burst yet, but it has become thinner. Ever since that trip I have been more aware about how many people live in a state of poverty where life is almost unbearable. One of my goals is to go bad and help in any way that I can to help those people. If I could change just one person’s life it would mean the world to me, because I know that seeing how they are living changed my life. It changed how I see things and it softened my heart in a way I can not
The flight landed early in the morning and …show more content…
Resting my head on the seat and closing my eyes, I half listened to them. Within about ten minutes of driving, I heard the word Mormon. I looked up and listened closer to what they were talking about. He had asked if we were Mormon, since we were from Utah and had so many kids. I was surprised that he, being from a different country, could tell within minutes that my family was Mormon. I tried to keep listening, but my stomach would not let me look anywhere but the window. I quietly watched the countryside go from farms to the capital, Guatemala …show more content…
I was appalling to me, but it was an incredible eye opening experience. The bubble that I live in has not been burst yet, but it has become thinner. Ever since that trip I have been more aware about how many people live in a state of poverty where life is almost unbearable. One of my goals is to go bad and help in any way that I can to help those people. If I could change just one person’s life it would mean the world to me, because I know that seeing how they are living changed my life. It changed how I see things and it softened my heart in a way I can not