Essay On My Life Experience

My most impactful service experience happened this last summer. I have been lucky to have been a part of various youth groups throughout my adolescence. With Memorial Baptist Church, I was happy to attend PASSPORT Camps. Like other camps I have participated in, PASSPORT is a camp where youth spend a week in the summer to enthusiastically worship and serve the community surrounding their site. PASSPORT sent us to Danville, Virginia, and despite being on Averett University’s cozy campus, we were surrounded by a dying, deprived community. Social exposure is exponentially increased when your mission groups are melting pot assignments from various churches. PASSPORT did not hold back in showing us the poorest of the community, and the sheer lack

In December 2015, after finishing my fall classes, during the Christmas holiday, I had an opportunity to volunteer at New Hope Ministries in Mechanicsburg nearby where I live. Although I have volunteered in different occasions and activities before this was a new experience to me, because it was the first time I volunteered at a social service agency.

As a teen growing up in a small town I’ve worked and volunteered at many places gaining different experiences quickly. However, the most memorable and special experience I’ve had was at Greenwood Court a division of Tri-County Mennonite Homes after spending a semester as a co-op student and eventually working as a full-time employee. Greenwood Court is located in my hometown Stratford and is well known for providing residents and their families with “a place to call home”. While at Greenwood Court I was impacted by their values and beliefs, hands on teaching which eventually changed my career plans and the relationships I made with both staff and residents.

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church has not only been a source of faith, but a place where I’ve made an impact. Serving for this parish has constructed me into a caring and well-rounded individual. Only a fraction of my commitments include: becoming a Nursery Care Leader and Sunday School instructor, attending the “Safe Kids, Safe Church” Conference, and volunteering at events such as Souper Bowl Sunday and BLAST Biblical Learning Camp. It is with great pride that I am able to donate my time in an arena that has made a significant impact on my life.

It was around five o’clock in the morning when my mom and I had pulled into the back parking lot at my church where others had already parked. Once I stepped out of my car I could feel the excitement and anticipation buzzing in the air; every single one of us teens there were so excited to serve. After my youth group had packed the van up tight and said our goodbyes we piled into the two small buses. We were ready for the four hour drive to Catholic Heat Workcamp in Dover, Delaware.

By the end of the week, we had finished everything that needed to be done, and the office looked more welcoming than ever. Another service opportunity that impacted me was helping out with my youth groups Luke 18 Retreat. Luke 18 is a confirmation preparation retreat put on for the eighth graders at Assumption Parish. I was blessed with being a Disciple last year; something Ive looked forward to all through high school. As a Disciple I work directly with the eighth graders during the retreat. We conduct small group meetings, give a testimony from our life, but most of all we become the student's role models for three days. Leading up the the retreat, Disciples met to prepare for the retreat at several weekend meetings. My eighth grade retreat was one of the best retreats that I have ever attended. I wanted to do the same for the eighth graders that year so I set the bar high for myself. The preparation leading up to the retreat can be taxing, and time consuming. The hardest part of the retreat is the overnight preparation meeting we had, in which we were required to stay up all night working on material for the

Throughout my service, I learned many things, including qualities about myself. First, I learned that I am patient; this patience was developed daily over the five days of vacation Bible school. Additionally, I recognized that I am caring and respond to any cries of help I hear. Lastly, I learned the satisfaction associated with assisting others. It was extremely liberating to see the facial expressions of children listening to and understanding the Bible stories. Not only was this service meant to bring self-satisfaction, but also to aid in the development of my community’s youth. From my service and the example I have set, I hope that the children I taught were able to view me as a role model; my intention throughout my service was to lead by example while teaching others about the word of

Most of my community outreach experience began when I worked for the local church in Tyler, Texas. Assisting the Senior

Rowan Helping Ministries is a homeless shelter located in Salisbury, North Carolina. My interest to work with this organization sparked when my best friend invited me to volunteer with her in 2012. At first, I was hesitant but I thought I would give it a try. When we arrived, I had to wash my hands, put on an apron, and a hairnet. For the next two hours I assisted the hospitality team to prepare a meal for 80 people. Once the cooking was complete, we served. As I served, I was able to talk to people in line and it really humbled me. No one showed unhappiness, but showed gratefulness. At that moment I felt encouraged to come back to serve and meet new people. This experience was and is a significant opportunity for me because it makes me happy to seek the need to make others happy. To know that I worked with a team of people to

Growing up, I've always said I would never be like the person that I turned out to be. I used to make straight A’s and would never cause any trouble, but as times grew older, it became a different story. I found myself hanging with the wrong group of people and I started doing those exact things I would dwell as a young kid going through middle school, seeing all the bad kids being trouble makers and doing very bad things. Even though I grew up with great parents who always just wanted me to be a better kid than they were, I still found that just one bad friend who lead to another, then to another, and ect.

There was no need for sunshine because I preferred the rain. I read that over and over till I was just sick of it I let out a growl of pure exhaustion.

Many people have had a loved one pass away before. I have, and I really miss her. Her name was Roxy. She was a chocolate lab. She was all brown with patch of white fur under her head that looked kind of like an eagle. She was so cute. She was just a puppy when we brought her home. Roxy was just like all other puppies. She loved to play and never ran out of energy.

Not being able to graduate has affected my life, a bunch. Not graduating, made things difficult for me, however, made things better, but on the other hand, made them even worse for what I had been under, stress and pressure. The one person putting the most pressure on me, was none other than me, but my family puts some of the stress on me too. Not being able to walk and diplomate from High school, had been already humiliating enough for me, how I brainwashed myself, and was thinking of my future, had yet to hold for me, it was setting off all those stress factors. These thoughts that were racing constantly, "what should I do now?" The stressful tension was already too much handled, but having some of my family put

I love butterflies; they are beautiful creatures who dance around the sky as their wings flutter gracefully through the air. Butterflies floating in nature are amazing! However, when they are spinning circles in your stomach, they are nauseating. That is how I felt as I prepared for my visit to the Coshocton County Court of Common Pleas.

Picture the most beautiful woman you could ever think of. Is she young? What color is her hair? Does she have blonde or brown hair? Does she have blue eyes? Or hazel? We all picture someone different. You might picture someone you know, or someone completely made up. Most people might say I’m the girl you’re picturing right now. Most people might say I have lived the most perfect seventeen years a girl could dream of. Team captain of the cheerleading team, dating the team captain of the football team, he’s the quarterback too. I thought I had my whole life planned, beginning with the senior year to remember. But sometimes we could have everything planned out in our life, and something could destroy it all.