Assignment 3 - Sarah

Every year with my church the youth group goes to a camp called Passport for a week during the summer. Almost every year it changes locations, yet every year it feels like going to a second home. I can’t begin to describe the love that everyone has for each other there. Two years we were doing our mission project for the week and every day we went to the Atlanta Boys and Girls Club, which is basically an afterschool program for children and teens. Our job was simply to play with the children and show them kindness and love. And I thought I was going to show them that, but they showed it to me. They could’ve played all day if they could and as soon as we walked in the door they would just come up to you and grab your hand, literally, and start dragging you to go play a game.

I met a 6-year-old boy named Denim. He made the whole experience worth it to me. He became attached to me and wouldn’t do anything without me for the whole week to the point where his mom had to come in to meet me one day because he had been talking about me. I learned so much from him. He taught me how to care for people without knowing anything about them or being like them and how to show kindness to everyone.

It made me realize that I want to do something with my life that impacts other people. I want to show people love and kindness.