My first international mission trip experience came in the spring of 2001. I did not know that I was going to the Dominican Republic until the phone call came only a few days prior to leaving on the trip. The trip was paid in full and a person had to drop out. I was the blessed person to be able to fill that spot.
This was God's design from the beginning. I have no doubt God intended for me to go on that trip. This was the first time I saw real poverty, not our tainted view of North America poverty, but real disease ridden poverty.
Have you ever been to a dump (landfill) to feed people? Have you ever seen the face of a child digging through garbage just to find a small piece of bread?
Have you ever mixed cement for hours to build a bathroom? They called it a bathroom, but it was nothing more than a few cinder blocks with a hole in the ground, some call it an outhouse.
When was the last time you walked in the slums of shacks and one room homes for a entire family?
These experiences changed my worldview forever.
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