Narrative Essay On Giving Back

Giving back is one of the most gratifying feelings in the world. The feeling of putting someone else’s need in front of yours, seeing people who are in poverty being fed. I’ve always felt that if I had the ability to help somebody then I should, the main reason I believe this way is that the bible commands us (Christians) to spread his word. The problem with that is you can’t feed a person spiritually until they’re fed physically. If it takes just a little bit of money and food for someone to be able to focus and listen to The Bible I would spend every cent. In my service learning project that is just what my church and I did in a small Mexico town.

Our adventure started at three in the morning, we had a long drive to Raleigh followed by a

As you walked around the street you would likely see multiple children playing in the dirt outside of their house. This doesn’t seem all that bad but whenever you’re looking at the house, it was more like a shack, it was also weathered down with holes in the roof and on the side of the house. Not only was the condition of the houses a problem, but you would have seven people sleeping in a room roughly eight by eight feet. Along with that issue they were also in need of food. Many families depended on the local church for meals throughout the day. While we were there we tried to provide as many meals to those families as possible. The contributions we made as a church may not have been enough to drastically change those people’s lives, but hopefully we could brighten up their day. Whenever I look back on it we couldn’t necessarily give that much in terms of food, but maybe it isn’t all about the food, maybe it’s about letting those people in need know somebody cares about them. One thing I wish I could have done is give more. Before going on this mission trip, I had been told that they were in rough living conditions, but after I seen the way they lived it made me want to help them that much