Make A
Difference
Read:
1 Corinthians 10:23-24
This
past summer I traveled to Kentucky with 36 other people. The morning
we were leaving my dad came in my room at 5:30 to wake me up and
said, “Abby get up we are going to Work Camp today!” I moaned and
turned over. He came back into my room at 6:00 and literally had to
drag me out of bed.
The
first day was extremely awkward and all I wanted was to go home, and
to make things worse I would have to get up early, go to a church
service, and then go work in the heat all day. I was having a
terrible time. The week went on and I started to form relationships
with the other youth and adults. The trip began to be fun and after
our day off we were all having the time of our lives.
On
Friday we finished our projects. I, myself, was one on the last four
people at my site. I will never forget the look on the elderly
woman’s face as Mr. Lorenz handed her the keys to the new doors we
had installed. The joy and thankfulness in her eyes has forever
changed me.
On
the drive back to the settlement we sat in silence. I was thinking
back on the past year with these 36 people; fund-raising, working,
laughing, and growing in faith together. At that moment I understood
why the adults had taken their vacation time away from their families
to travel with us; they did it to guide us and mold us into better
Christians.
The
trip opened my eyes to the poverty in America and drew me closer to
God. It showed me that I, with the help of God, can make a
difference.
Abigail
Martin
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