Personal Narrative: My Mission Trip To Guatemala

I have experienced much grace through the trouble and poverty I have witnessed through my mission trips to Guatemala. I went to Guatemala June 9-16, 2014, and August 4-11, 2015 (and I plan on going back August 2016). Seeing the conditions these people live in daily, has helped me take to heart the kind of help they are in need of. Many of these people have no home, no family or no money to provide for their family, yet they are still thankful. Most of the time little boys and girls won’t have any shoes on their feet or their clothes will be far too small. It makes me so sad to think that we live in a world of luxuries and they live in a world of misfortune. During both of these trips, through the building of houses and working in medical clinics, I was able to share my faith and love to …show more content…
I have also found that one of the best things that I can do for my spiritual health is help others. By helping others, I have learned that we can show them abundant grace during the times when they are experiencing much trouble. I go on these mission trips to serve others, but I find that these people will do anything they can to serve me. It is hard for me to comprehend the grace that we can show each other without ever having met. I have also discovered that even when some people are experiencing trouble in their lives, they can still show you so much grace. One thing that I have learned is that God has given us grace so that we may show others grace. We never deserved his loving grace, yet he went through torture and troubles to give it to us. In the same way, we don’t deserve others grace, yet we go through trouble to show others it. God has taught us to love those even when they don’t love us, and that is why Grace makes sense. I appreciate the grace I have been given from these people who are experiencing so much trouble and I am so grateful to have been able to show them the grace God has shown