What are you grateful for? I’m grateful for my opportunities. Living in a small town in Iowa you might not expect there to be many things to do, but I’ve found invitations for adventure all around me. In eighth grade our school had a trip to our nation’s capital, my church group goes to conferences across states, our band was able to go to Chicago, and our soccer team went to Scotland. However the opportunity I’m most grateful for was when my parents were asked to go on a missions trip to Africa because that trip gave me a realization that changes the way I think. On the very first day we landed, we met up with my great uncle Ora and started heading to Mozambique. Part of my background comes from my dad who had the opportunity to grow up
