Anyone who applied for a service trip knows about the "big reveal." It is the night when everyone finds out what service trip they are assigned to, and hopefully it is one of their top choices! Tonight, November 21, 2011, was the big night and I found out that I will be traveling to James River State Park in Virginia, which just so happened to be my first choice! Some of my reasons for this trip to be my top choice were because I wanted to experience a different area of the US (besides the Midwest), it was unique because it was an environmental service trip, and it involved physical labor, which is perfect for two reasons. One reason is because when I am in service to others, the most tiresome work makes me feel my best; as if I gave my all to the people. The other reason is because it will keep me in shape for tennis, which will have started for two weeks by then, but there is also a team trip to Orlando, FL, and I already signed up for a service trip before I knew about the tennis trip.
Through this trip I hope to make new friendships. I am already off to a great start since I met a girl at our meeting and started talking to her afterwards and she seems very nice! Since I haven't met everyone from our group (4 weren't at the meeting), I do not know for sure, but as of right now I am the only first year student on this trip, which is a little intimidating, but as we were sharing about ourselves, I found out that for many of them it was also their first service trip, so maybe not as intimidating as I thought. Another thing I hope to gain from this trip is a newfound appreciation for nature and the work we must do to maintain our parks. I love the outdoors, but I'm pretty sure at one point or another, we will all have our moments of struggle and i want to push through it and come out stronger in the end (mentally and physically).
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