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Personal Narrative: My Mission Trip

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A particular interest of mine is community service. I volunteer for various events through my school and church. Through my church youth group I have gone on four mission trips. In my school I 'm involved in several community service clubs and organizations.
On my first mission trip we went to Panther, West Virginia for a week. It is a very impoverished area that needs a lot of support and work. During my week there we replaced gutters and damaged siding on a needy family 's house. We also painted the house’s outside walls and windows. My second mission trip was to Cherokee, North Carolina. While there we completely redid a roof on a man named Earl’s house. At the end of the week we threw him a party and brought cake and everything because

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