Personal Narrative: Mission Trip

One summer I went on a mission trip with my church to Denver, Colorado. I was imagining an enjoyable experience that would make me feel better about myself in the end. It was very fun and exciting, but my point of view was also drastically changed. We stayed at a big high school with about six other churches. We were all split up into groups of about seven people. My group was assigned to an older lady’s house, which needed a lot of work done. In my mind, I was imagining a cheap elderly woman who did not want to pay to have housework done. As soon as we stepped off the bus, she greeted us, gave us all big hugs, and thanked us before we even started. Her name was Leonora Burk. She had a whole list of jobs for us to do. We started in the back yard and that is when I knew I was wrong about Leonora. Unbelievably, this 90-year-old lady, who needed a walker to move around, was on her hands and knees helping us pull weeds out of the garden. As expected, she did not last very long, but she …show more content…
We sat around, talked, played cards, and genuinely made a little old lady happy. As we were about to leave on the second day she stopped us and made all of us write down our addresses. The following Christmas I got a letter in the mail from Denver. It was the same lady and she was just saying how happy we had all made her and those couple days were some of the best she had had in a long time. Even after six months, Leonora was still feeling the effects of our visit. What started out as a trip to make myself feel better, turned into a life changing experience for both Leonora and me. When I got home from this trip, I started going over to my grandparents more often. I realized that they will not be here forever, and I want to spend as much time with them as I can before they are pass away. My trip to Colorado was a real eye opener and I think everyone needs one like