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As I stepped off the airplane into the warm Haitian airport, my brain was filled with a whirlwind of emotions. I was excited, ecstatic to see the sweet Haitian children and their smiles again. My heart had been missing the country of Haiti since I left the summer before. As we departed the airport and stepped softly onto Haitian soil, I became anxious. I looked around at all the mountains surrounding the airport and was reminded of the beautiful brokenness of this country. I was flooded with…

The Houston runway was quickly disappearing beneath me, the plane ascending, leaving my stomach dismantled on the tarmac. I couldn’t believe what was happening. I was truly on a plane, by myself, headed to Buenos Aires, Argentina. My mother laughed at the thought of me living abroad; consistently making it known my ideas were childish, financially unstable, and unattainable. With a slight grin pulling at my lips, I close my eyes and begin to wonder what the world will look like on the other side…

Racist or Reasonable? Scared to board the plane, I sat at the gate, pondering about my thoughts. It happened about half a year ago, when I had to decide whether or not to report a suspicious man just for his looks. Was I racist or reasonable? Typically, when I travel, I feel secure. When my school took me to Israel, I was unsure. I was going to a foreign country halfway across the world without my parents or family, only my friends and teachers, everyone was a little hesitant. A mix of…

A young lady excited to see a huge metal fly high up into the clouds. At the age of 12 I left Korea, my homeland, leaving the childhood friendships, memories, and identity, guided by my parents who have committed to become a missionary. The missionaries who committed to work without any payment. I was simply excited, too naive to know what leaving meant. I landed on the black rock, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, under a blazing sun, approximately on the other side of my "home”. I was happy…

As we accessed the airplane, we got greeted by radiant stewardesses. Since Lillian ordered first-class tickets, our elegant seating place was at the front of the airplane. The airplane eventually got filled by people from various cultures, so we started to buckle our seats as assigned by the radio and off we flew to Cairo, Egypt. It was early in the morning, which then I decided to take a tranquil nap. In a few minutes, I rose from the alarms of “delightful” stewardesses and the cries of babies.…

Shouts fill the air, full of commands. The plane starts to empty as people begin to jump, although some aren’t as brave… no, stupid. You’d have to be stupid to jump from a plane with nothing to arm yourself with but a backpack that they tell you is a parachute. What remains of my hair is whipped around in the wind, blowing a few strands into my face. Those who cluster around the entrance get pushed by others behind them, and I hope for their sake that they remember how to operate their…

The Adventures to Florida It was a hot summer morning, my mom was at work, while my dad was at the house purchasing plane tickets. I had no idea that we would be going to Florida this summer. As much as I wanted to be excited I wasn’t. It was a tough decision I had to make with myself because if I wanted to be on the volleyball team I had to stay and commit to volleyball camp. The only thing that really upset me was that our trip to Florida was on the same day as volleyball camp. Having to…

Over the summer I went on a great vacation with my family. My entire family flew from Denver to Florida. We took a cruise from Florida to the Bahamas and back to Florida again. After the cruise our vacation continued at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida. It was a fun filled vacation and a great cruise filled with lots of fun activities. First things first, we flew to Florida from Denver Colorado. When we arrived in Florida, a limo was waiting to take us from the airport to the hotel we…

I realized the plane was a lot smaller than the ones I’ve flown on before. I pulled my ear-buds out of my bag and plugged them into my phone. About 15 minutes into the flight a lady with blond hair and hot pink lips asked me what I wanted to drink. She wore black pants…

Brodey Goebel Ms.Conley ENGL1101 28 August 2017 Past Experience Narrative I was only 15 on the plane leaving my life behind in Texas on my way to Georgia. There I was thinking that this summer would be so much fun with all my new friends that I had made freshman year. All I could tell myself was that it was my fault that this was happening to me and that because of this my life would be thrown down the drain. There was nothing I could do to stop it after all that happened between me and my…