Reflective Essay: The Lifeline Christian Mission

Statistics flashed across a screen, solemn music accompanied a slideshow of scenes showing desolate landscapes and impoverished communities. On screen, a mother held her starving child and a group of girls in mismatched clothes gathered water from a muddy well. We watched a presentation given to us before the service event and listened to the instructor as he described the conditions in other countries. He showed us photos of the people we would be helping during the mission, communities that were in desperate need of donations, supplies, and most importantly, food. The Lifeline food packing mission was my first service experience, which was the case for most of the students who participated, and it as also one of the first glimpses we had of just how bad the situations are in countries where starvation and malnutrition are so common. Seeing the struggles of starving people in other countries opened my eyes and helped me to better recognize and appreciate our own privileges.

The Lifeline Christian Mission is an organization that provides support and nutrition to people around the world, uniting students and church groups to get involved in mission projects. One of the …show more content…
As we worked, they told us how many meals we had packaged and how close we were to our goal amount. We made a competition out of which table could package the mst meals, and who could reach the goal the quickest. Everyone was enthusiastic, and we worked hard and quickly to package the most meals. They called out when each table added another bag to the stack, letting us know who was ahead. We packed so many meals that we constantly had to ask for more boxes to put them in because we kept filling ours up. The competition of the game and working together as a team motivated us to have fun while participating; but the knowledge that the more we packaged, the more people we would help inspire us to work