Final Essay Proposal

For my final travel essay, I am going to write about a week-long church mission trip I took to Kentucky a few summers ago. Even though the area I went to was only about seven hours away, the culture was a drastic shift from that of my Chicago suburb. My group worked to restore a trailer home for a family with two young daughters, and the family would often converse with us for hours as we worked. Through these conversations we learned of our many political differences, but also found much common ground. Our youth group was able to grow closer on this trip, and many friendships were formed and lessons were learned. The characters include the people from my church group, people from other church groups (from Michigan and Pennsylvania), the family who we were building for, and the people staffing the mission trip. A prominent theme is that although you may live in what seems like a different world from another person, a relationship can still be formed.