Mexico Mission Trip
On a chilly spring day in March of 2007, I was approached with the most daunting idea. It was my pastor, whom I barely knew, asking me if I would like to join him and the team on a mission trip to Tijuana,...
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My trip to Colombia, South America
I experienced a life changing event that truly touched my heart in the summer of 2005 when I went to Colombia, South America. My family is from Colombia but we had not been back to Colombia since 1996....
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What a Long, Messed-Up, Amazing, and Wonderful Trip
"Wow, that looks like a scene from Under the Tuscan Sun!" I heard a teenage girl shriek. I was sleeping, although doing so quite unsuccessfully. I turned around in my seat to look out the giant...
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My Amazing Trip to China
Somtimes, a truly life-altering experience is so subtle that a person does not realize that he or she has changed until after the experience takes place. Other times, one is thrust in the midst of a...
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German American Exchange
My city, Omaha, Nebraska and the city, Braunschweig, Germany are sister cities. There is an exchange program, where high school students from Braunschweig stay with students in Omaha for three weeks....
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A Clumsy Sort of Paradise
Some people dream of going to Hawai’i all their lives. I was not one of those people. The idea of baking my delicate porcelain skin on the beach sounded closer to hell than heaven. Still, it was...
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