Museum Trip Essay

Hazel who is a sixteen year old teenager, has thyroid cancer and doesn’t really have many friends at all. Her mother makes her go to a support group with many other teenagers with illnesses. These support groups are ran by a man of the name Patrick, who is a survivor of cancer himself. Here, at these support groups Hazels begins to become friends with this boy named Augustus. Augustus is a amputee, which means he has lost one of his legs, one night after support group Augustus asked if she…

for sell on the low. The guy was a white skinny Tweaker who had got his hand on them from another guy. The day of the game it was bright beautiful clear day. The sky was so clear that you could see all the Hot air balloons in the sky. We began our trip to Oakland where on our way there I witness people getting ready to go down the beach, by loading there jet ski or power boats. The long drive through Sonoma County was amazing looking at all the acres of the beautiful wine country. Before…

By the time I was a senior in high school, I had already traveled to Guatemala once for a service trip. Now, towards the end of February break of my senior year, I was in the middle of the rural countryside in Guatemala, traveling a familiar rocky road in a grey van. I was with fellow students who went on the trip the year before, and we were on our way to visit the community we had become acquainted with exactly a year earlier. Going down a winding, bumpy road in a strange country with a…

experiences in the last two years, but the one I feel is the most significant is the time I spent volunteering for the Detroit Mission Trip. This opportunity presented itself in June of 2014 through my church, Metro South Church. I spent one week, Monday through Friday, each day-all day, commuting from my home in Brownstown to the inner city of Detroit. Each day of this mission trip consisted of various volunteer jobs. I was one of approximately 100 people that engaged in the process of making…

This July I had the privilege to walk in the footsteps of the Mormon pioneers in Martin’s Cove. Although the Trek was somewhat difficult, I had many great spiritual experiences. While pulling and pushing a handcart for 7 miles a day was difficult, surprisingly, the hardest part of the Trek for me was enduring the 12 hour long car ride back, because I had to ride in the deacon’s car with them singing along to Taylor Swift, and singing the pillow pet commercial theme song. The experiences that I…

This last summer I had the privilege to reenact an important part of history - the pioneer journey west. Although the trek was somewhat difficult I had many great experiences. While pulling and pushing a handcart for 7 miles a day was difficult, surprisingly, the hardest part of trek for me was enduring the 12 hour long car rid back, because I had to ride in the deacon’s (12 year old young men’s) car, with them singing along to Taylor Swift. From my experiences I had, I learned that the things…

My first mission trip was for an organization called 1Nation1Day through my church, Milestone, back home in 2013. The goal was to save the nation of Honduras in one day and continue to pour out love and support to the Hondurans so that they may be disciples for a lifetime. To prepare for the mission we spent the majority of the year 2012 fundraising to provide clothes, shoes, and meals for the Hondurans and were grateful enough to raise $250,000.00. Applications for the mission trip were sent…

Although travel has become so commonplace nowadays, travel out of leisure has always meant an unattainable luxury to me. For many reasons including finances it was not as accessible to me as it may be for others. Since I was a child I have been travelling out of necessity rather than for a vacation. At the age of six I left my home country along with my family and entered Europe as a refugee. We sought asylum in Italy and France until we finally settled in Germany. Although Germany provided a…

Jennifer Vo Thelma and Louise is a story about two women who decide to go on a trip, but it does not go as planned. The premise is a classic adventure story about friends who plan a great adventure; however, they hit bumps in the road, but the problems they endure help them define themselves. In the three act breakdown, act I is the planning of the trip to taking off on the trip, act II is the runaway from all their troubles, which leads to act III Thelma and Louise tries to escape and their…

at the school. All of my previous doubts washed away when I stepped foot onto the dusty, rugged pathway leading to the small shack they had morphed into a teachers lounge. During the summer of twenty-fifteen, I had the experience of a lifetime. My trip to Kenya, Africa helped me realize the importance of relationships within one 's own community. My childhood was less than ideal, with divorced parents, and siblings who were not always the greatest role models. My non-existent relationship with…