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From A Mission Trip To Africa

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It’s a pretty universal belief that people do weird things at three in the morning. The dull glimmer of my cell phone screen has shown me everything from first-hand accounts of effects of inaccessibility of healthcare in Ethiopia, the instability of Benghazi post the terrorist attack on the American Embassy there, and the absurdity of continuing to coin money that costs more to produce than it is valued at (I’m looking at you pennies). While this broad range of interests doesn’t make for the most riveting or breath-taking essay including the most emotional details from a mission trip to Africa, I truly believe that this breadth of concerns is what will allow me to make positive changes to the world and to individual lives. The more a person

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