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The Windy City and the Gladers
Back in junior year of high school, my family took our first week-long spring break vacation. It was a trip to Chicago and it was really fun, if not a little cold too. We drive the 7-hour car ride on each end of the week. We stayed at a hotel outside the city. We experienced everything from famous cuisine to the transit system to great museums, and even top floor views. We went shopping on the miracle mile and found various unique versions of famous places like McDonald’s. During this trip, we took a day trip to Springfield and visited President Lincoln’s home and plot. It was an interesting place…
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Ometepe and My Family
The summer after I graduated high school my family took a missions trip with others from our church to Nicaragua to help with kids after school program, among other things. This trip was a wonderful, and unique opportunity for our family. We enjoyed planning for and serving on this trip. From the beginning, this seemed like an intriguing opportunity because we would all get to try our hand at missions work together. During the trip, we helped serve with a missionary couple on the island of Ometepe. It was a beautiful place and we got to contribute with the rest of the team from our church in helping with the…
