Mission Trip

I had the opportunity to go on my first mission trip right after I graduated high school. I was very timid to go on this trip, but knew it was what I needed right before going off to college. It ended up being a great learning experience for me and I'm eternally grateful for it.

Before I went on the mission trip I had no idea what to expect. I had never gone so far out of my comfort zone before. But I went into it with an open mind and I'm so glad I did.

The mission trip I attended was called Workcamp and it consisted of driving to Savannah, Georgia in a van with about eight other high schoolers. There was a total of five vans and chaperones of the church were the drivers.

Workcamp is something special because you have the opportunity to meet other people from all across the country and come together to help out the community. Workcamp is an organization that brings churches together in different cities each summer.

I had never been to Savannah before Workcamp so I was unsure of what the city was going to be like. The city turned out to have a certain charm to it and reminded me of New Orleans in a way. I loved the city but the houses drove by on our way in were barely holding on by a thread.

Workcamp split us up into small groups and we were each designated to a house. Each house needed something different fixed. My house needed a wheelchair ramp added to it and others consisted of painting the house, roofing a house or building a fence. The best thing about it was that we got to meet our houses homeowners.

I don't know about you, but I am not the handiest when it comes to building things. But I was surrounded by great people who taught me how to help build a wheelchair ramp. I was so excited to build this ramp because I was able to relate it to me personally, my Grandmother was in a wheelchair at the time and I knew how bad she wanted to be independent and not rely on others.

We worked as a team and were able to build a great wheelchair ramp for our sweet homeowner. She was so happy and thankful that the look of the ramp brought tears to her eyes.

Workcamp was hard but it was so worth it and it taught me that even though our homeowner did not have a lot of money she was one of the happiest people I have ever met. I strive to be more like her.

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