Personal Narrative: My Trip To Dominican Republic

It was a hot, searing day as the sun beat down on my skin. The lush green palm trees provided me shade as I sat and observed my surroundings. Children, barefoot and dirty, wearing tattered and stained clothes were running around laughing and playing. Their joyous giggles put a smile on my face and warmed my heart as I watched them.

When spring break began my parents gave me the opportunity to have 2 weeks of spring break, where I would spend the first week hanging out with my and fiends and the week they go back to school I go on a cruise. While I was on the cruise me and my family visited 4 different islands over the 8 day voyage. On the third day on the boat we visited the Dominican Republic, on the fifth day we visited St. Thomas, on the sixth day we visited Puerto )Rico, and on the seventh day we visited are final island Grand Turk.

When thinking of my memories it’s as if you were surfing through TV channels. Some making me wish I could go back to that day and relive it. Some I hope I will never have to relive. Most memories make me smile and think of how much I want to be little again. Although at that age, all I wanted was to grow up and live my own life. My memories can range from being at home to being anywhere but home. Although, some stick out more than others. One of those few fond memories is going to the Dominican Republic with my family.

This paper is about the time I went to the Dominican Republic and Nassau, Bahamas with my family and the wonderful lessons I learned or thought about even more. I learned a lot when I was in those two places because there were a lot of examples of the lessons I learned. Both places are very large and there are multiple people who show the lessons in their everyday life.

One grand adventure that I went on this summer was a missions trip to the Dominican Republic. It was probably the best two weeks of my life and not a day goes by that I don’t think about it and want so badly to go back. I didn’t always have those feelings though… The first couple days were pretty rough from lack of sleep, being in a totally new environment in a country I have never been before, being way out of comfort zone and being slightly home sick. The first full day at our site I nearly had a panic attack because I just couldn't get over the language barrier and that was the first time I have ever worked with kids. I just felt so helpless and that I was’t showing these kids God’s love. But I was because just being there for them showed them God’s love.

Tomorrow my family is going to Cuba for a vacation. I’m glad that summer break has started. I’m very excited to go on the plane and taking pictures of places around Cuba. To start off, I am packing my suitcase full of clothes and making sure that I have everything that I need for this special trip. I could imagine being in the hotel resort relaxing and having a fun time with my family. My dad told us that he booked our flight to Cuba in a very early time. We had to go to my grandparents house to stay there for the night. We left the house and went inside the car to get ready to go. We started driving to my grandparent’s house. When we got there Grandma Joan and Grandpa John were outside cleaning the front yard. They start to get surprised and

One August day in the Dominican Republic, my dad took me to La Sirena – a gigantic market. Walking from the parking lot to the market, sky-high, slender-stemmed palm trees surrounding the building. I felt a hot breeze flow across my skin. We entered the air conditioned market, and the sound of Dominican accents and music filled my ears. The market reminded me of a Wal-Mart, except Spanish music was playing, and each aisle was filled with Dominican products and goods in Spanish print.

Brian stood up and while gazing at me told Mr. Smith, “I like her idea. I wish for Isabel to accompany David and me to the Dominican Republic today. I want my baby sister home as soon as possible.” Mr. Smith replied, “Mr. Ross, Mr. Johnson is one of our best criminal lawyers and more than capable to handle this case on his own. Isabel is a brilliant attorney, but she is inexperienced.”

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