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Personal Experience : My Experience

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All my life I took things for granted. I had a loving family, a house, a nice warm bed, food, and so many more things that made my life complete. I never thought about not having these things because it never really acoored to me. Until one summer when I went on a mission trip to Memphis, Tennessee. Mission work has always been an important aspect of my life. It has made me experience new things and meet new people. But at this one particular mission trip I had the opportunity to encounter a little girl name Sarah. This encounter has influenced me to see things differently and not to take little things for granted. The summer program that my youth group was assigned to was called MAM (Memphis Athletic Ministry). This program is there to allow kids from broken homes to get away to play games, talk, and learn more about the Bible. When my group got there all the kids were in the gym playing. All the kids were screaming and having themselves a good time. However, there was this little girl sitting on the side lines alone watching the kids play. I went over and introduced myself and she told me her name was Sarah. She explained to me that the reason she wasn’t playing with the other kids is because she wasn’t good at making friends. But in return I said, “but I’m your friend”. She smiled and started to talk more about herself. Little did I know that this conversation would change my life forever. While listening to her conversation, she started off telling me what she wanted

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