Last Saturday, I had the oppertunity to go on a very eye opening service trip. I went to the food pantry in Scottlandville. It was the best thing ive done in a while! What we had to do was carry food to elderly and disabled peoples cars because they were not able to. It was hard work...but not at first!! I thought "hey this isnt that bad! All I have to do is carry watermelons and milk jugs to some cars! I can do this!" The work became increasingly more difficult as the sun rose higher in the sky. But I realized that I didnt care! I didnt care that it was a million degrees outside..or that I felt that these watermelons kept getting bigger and bigger. It didnt matter to me. I was helping people. People that were underpriveledged and not able to carry a few watermelons and milk jugs to there cars. It was a small gesture but they appriciated it.
Right when you shut that car door and told them goodbye you would here a faint "god bless you" or "have a blessed day" and that made my day go from 0 to 60 in less than 3 seconds. Its so easy to brighten someones day. I have so much respect for them and I cannot wait to go back again.
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That sounds like such a great opportunity to help the less fortunate in our community. Was that for the service hours that they mentioned about in announcements? That sounds like a lot of fun, I might join you next time.
ReplyDeleteThis experience sounds like it really meant a lot to you. I wanted to go and do this service project too, but I had cross country. Hopefully I will get to go next time and feel the way you felt about this experience.
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