Mission Trip Research Paper

It was the first day of school. I was extremely nervous for my first day at the high school. I didn’t know my way around and was afraid I was going to get lost and be late to all of my classes. I walked into the building next to my older sister Morgan. People were crowding the commons and I didn’t know where any of my friends were. My sister turned to me as asked me where my advisory was, as that was the first class we were going to that day. I tell her the classroom number and she led me to the room. On the way there she described to me the general direction in which I would have to go in order to get to my other classes. Once at my advisory room, she said goodbye and left to go to her own class. I went through the day struggling, but yet

It is tradition that on the last night of the mission trip there is a foot washing, where the youth leader washes the feet of all of the students and prays with them. This is always an emotional night and it helps to create an unbreakable bond between all of the students in our youth group. This was my first foot washing as it was also my first mission trip. My sister, on the other hand had experienced it multiple times before and knew how truly emotional it was. By the end of the night everyone in our youth group was crying for reasons that we could not explain. I will always remember the moment when my sister moved from her spot across the room to sit next to me. She sat down, wrapped her arm around me and said,” How are you doing?” It was at the moment I completely broke down into her arms because even though she asked me a simple question it showed me how much she truly cares about me. We spent most of that night just sitting next to each other hugging, and watching everyone else do the same with their siblings and friends. Later, after the trip was over I was in the middle of telling my mom this same story in the car when I realized she was crying. I asked her why and she responded by telling me how proud she is of us and how happy she is that my sister and I are so close even though it may not seem like