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Unexpected Change
When people think of Mexico they usually think about beaches and beer, but they don't think about the side of Mexico that only the lucky ones see. Juarez, Mexico; most people associate the city with a poverty stricken area and a blazing hot desert, but what those people don't realize is that most people who live there possess a gift that not many Americans have. Every spring break I get the opportunity to travel to Juarez, Mexico on a mission trip with my church. Although I have been twice my most recent time to go created a memory that will not only stay in my mind forever but change who I am because of it.
We loaded the vans for the long twelve hour drive across the state of Texas and barely into Mexico. As I loaded the van I grew more and more anxious to start to build houses for underprivileged families and to build relationships with friends. I had been a ‘Christian' my entire life but I hardly ever went to church and I knew nothing about what it really......

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