On August 17th I embarked on a journey of a lifetime to Cape Town, South Africa for two weeks. I had never traveled outside the country, and to be honest, was a bit nervous. I was to stay with a local family who would provide me with meals. When I was not home, I would spend my days during the week volunteering by helping build a community center in an underprivileged area outside Cape Town. Other than that, I did not know much about my trip. Was the area I was staying safe? Were there other volunteers at the house? What will they feed me?(as a fat kid at heart, this question was important) What will the community center be used for? How long have they been building it? What will the other volunteers be like? How else can I help? Among many others. Throughout the journey all my questions would be answered and my concerns would be addressed.
I went into this trip assuming it would just be about building a community center. I soon discovered that it was much much more.
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