Testimony

Samuel Wheeler

A New Experience

I grew up in a Christian family and heard about the bible but I wasn't really a strong one. Like I wouldn't really sing during worship and things like that. It wasn't till I joined collide that I really felt God's presence in me. I could somehow just understand God's word better. Coming into this trip I was really excited because I had never been on a mission trip before. I Honestly didn't know what to expect. I was ready for anything. I knew that I would be helping people that were less fortunate, but I just didn't know in what ways. So when I got here it was a great surprise.

Even though we experienced a lot there was one thing that stuck out to me the most. If there is one thing that a lot of people take for granted is how fortunate and lucky we are. Me personally I take for granted how lucky I am to always have food on the table. The experience that was a life changer was when we were working the food truck. At first I thought we were just going to pass out food to people who didn't want to go to get food at the store and homeless people. My first assumption was that these people didn't look too poor. When I was passing out food even though squash isn't a very popular thing nobody really seemed to pass it up. When we were almost out of food a huge herd of Korean ladies charged me for the last couple bags. That moment of desperation made me realize how fortunate I am to not have to fight for my food for the week. I felt a need to give to all of them but there wasn't any bags left. That is something hard about serving. I felt guilty that everybody didn't get.

From the experience that I had, I realized that food is precious and we should not waste it. So when I go back home I will try to not waste my food that I am given and try to help people who can't get food for themselves . I'm not sure how much community service I will be doing when I come home but I will defiantly do my part to help people in need because of what I learned here at the DreamCenter. I learned that nothing is to little. Even if I'm just not wasting food or things like that I am making a difference. I will also appreciate my parents more for working hard and giving me this life that I have.

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