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Meeting My Destiny

Several years ago, I went on a mission’s...

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Helping Others, Or Getting Helped?

Dancing with children on the dirty streets with the rain pouring over our heads, playing soccer on the dusty roads, and...

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The Trip That Changed My Life

As a human being, I am often guilty of becoming far too comfortable with my circumstances in life. I become comfortable with the house that I live in, the clothes that I wear, and even necessities such...

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My Voyage to Living History that Inspires Within

One world blends into another as a formation older than anything else I've ever seen appears in front of me. Sidewalks transform into cobblestone roads, and townhouses become...

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Dirty Water and Inspiration

I was a travel virgin. Until, that is, my grandparents invited me on a trip to New York to see Niagara Falls.

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The 3 Years That Changed My Life

After living in the United States for 5 years my parents could no longer renew our Business Visa. We had to go back to Europe, but this was also the perfect opportunity for my parents to finally accomplish...

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Journey Back to Darwin

“Stepping out of an airplane into the balmy, pleasant air of Baltra Island is definitely not the way Charles Darwin made it to the Galápagos Islands,” I thought to myself, as I walked toward the...

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The Silk of Uncertainty—My Tentative Journey Underground the Guatemalan Jungle

My eyes are bleary, eyelashes split by Guatemalan sun. My hair is damp and tangled in hot, wet air. I tug a tee-shirt over the damp swimsuit that I must have fallen asleep in. I hope there aren’t...

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I Found My Spot

“Every American citizen should stand in this spot before they die,” I proclaim to my fellow students and our chaperones. Despite my tendency to speak my mind before I think,...

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