On August 3, 2013, my dad came in my room to wake me up at 5 o’clock in the morning to get ready for my first mission trip. I was so tired I didn’t know what was going on at that point. Then, it all started coming to me, we were getting ready for our mission trip. So when I got out of my bed, my next priority was to take a shower, brush my teeth, and fix my hair. Then, I ran to my bedroom to get dressed and finish packing my suitcase. Racing down the stairs with my suitcase, I waited for the rest of my family to join me. When we were all ready, we went out the door, into the car, and headed towards the church to meet with everyone else who was going on the trip. Pulling into the church parking lot, everybody was there waiting for us. So
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My dad pulled into a hotel parking lot and everyone got out of the van and grabbed their things. All of us walked towards the front door and went in. Everybody had to wait in the lobby because Lisa Gallagher had to go to the counter and get our room numbers. While she was doing that, my friend, Erin Gallagher, and I had to use the restroom. Erin asked, “Can we go to the restroom?” “Yes,” Lisa replied. On our way to the restroom, we walked across a small bridge and saw huge fish in the pond. Now, on our way back to the lobby, we noticed that everyone was gone. Erin started to freak out, and then I started to freak out. Then I saw Ryan Grogg and walked up to him. He said that everyone thought we had been kidnapped even though we told Lisa we were going to the restroom. We found everyone else that was looking for us on the ground floor and headed upstairs. When we got upstairs, everybody else was happy to see us. They were also kind of upset that we took off without their permission, but we told Lisa where we were going. “We asked Lisa if we could go to the restroom and she said yes,” I told them. So I guess Lisa didn’t hear us. After all that trouble, we finally got in our rooms and got changed into our bathing suites so we could go swimming. When all of us were finished swimming, we went back upstairs and went to bed. So, I think that I have learned my
My dad pulled into a hotel parking lot and everyone got out of the van and grabbed their things. All of us walked towards the front door and went in. Everybody had to wait in the lobby because Lisa Gallagher had to go to the counter and get our room numbers. While she was doing that, my friend, Erin Gallagher, and I had to use the restroom. Erin asked, “Can we go to the restroom?” “Yes,” Lisa replied. On our way to the restroom, we walked across a small bridge and saw huge fish in the pond. Now, on our way back to the lobby, we noticed that everyone was gone. Erin started to freak out, and then I started to freak out. Then I saw Ryan Grogg and walked up to him. He said that everyone thought we had been kidnapped even though we told Lisa we were going to the restroom. We found everyone else that was looking for us on the ground floor and headed upstairs. When we got upstairs, everybody else was happy to see us. They were also kind of upset that we took off without their permission, but we told Lisa where we were going. “We asked Lisa if we could go to the restroom and she said yes,” I told them. So I guess Lisa didn’t hear us. After all that trouble, we finally got in our rooms and got changed into our bathing suites so we could go swimming. When all of us were finished swimming, we went back upstairs and went to bed. So, I think that I have learned my