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Eyes Opened
It was the morning of the trip. I was incredibly nervous yet excited at the same time. Forty kids were standing around waiting for what was coming next. Everyone started forming a circle to say a prayer before we left. We were about to head off to a foreign country, a third world country, for ten days. We were getting ready to go to Belize, Central America.
We said all of our goodbyes and stepped into the vehicles that would take us to the airport. The closer I got to the destination the more the butterflies fluttered in my stomach. There were no phones nor e-mail except for the leaders’ use of a computer for emergencies. Finally, after ten hours of traveling we took our first steps onto this new land. The air was hard to get used to because of how muggy it was. There they only have two seasons, the rainy season and the dry season. During our stay it was the rainy season. We then proceeded to pick up our luggage and wait for the bus to come and bring us to our site. Already people were dripping with sweat. We waited for an hour before the bus came, but it wasn’t as exciting as we had hoped. The bus looked like it was about to fall apart, and we had to fit fifty people into the bus with luggage. Once we were on the bus we were told that the site was eight hours away. Although the bus ride was very long and very hot, it was something new. The mountains and cliffs were amazing. It was also the first time I’ve seen the jungle. I always thought it would be different. The only time I’ve ever seen it was in movies, and Hollywood makes everything seem different. Nonetheless, it was beautiful. It surrounded the road and seemed never-ending.
The eight hour drive went by slowly, but sure enough we arrived at our site. I stepped off the bus and looked around. It was too dark to see anything except for the concrete shelter where we’d have our small group time and the guys and girls “dorms” that branched off of...
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