Summer Mission Trip

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Starting in the summer of 2013, I began to participate in summer mission trips of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting. My life has been changed for the better, and I look forward to returning back to these community service opportunities every summer. Most teens value their summer break too highly to give it up, but I cannot imagine spending my summer any other way. The mission trip that has allowed me make the most positive impact on a community would be the week-long mission trip I take every year to Alabama with my church. In mid-July we run a weeklong vacation bible school for underprivileged children and complete local service projects. My youth group stayed in a center my church affiliated organization, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, …show more content…
As I was learning the dances and song lyrics, I realized that I was about to have to teach these things to the community children—I was about to take on a responsibility like I had never had before. This job placed me in the role of being the children’s Christian example, possible the only positive role model they will ever have. I was going to leave and impact on their lives, and I only had one week to do it. It was an intimidating task, but I began to realize that I was capable of the job because of my passion for music, singing, and dancing. I could not have been in a more appropriate position, so I put my all into the music. I honestly have never done anything more fulling in my life. It might have been over one hundred degrees. I might have been sweating like I never had before. I might have been so tired that I could barely function, but I did not care. The kids also begged to be held—as I had to dance at the same time – and I was building muscles I never knew I had. Somehow through all of this activity, I found the energy and driving passion to continue day after day because I knew I was doing it for the kids, and I knew the energy I put into worshiping and singing the music directly affected their spiritual experience. My second year I was a group leader for around twenty five to seven year olds. The kids’ attention spans sometimes did not allow for prime spiritual discussions, so I had to find
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