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Drum-roll please...

If you haven't heard yet, I'm going on a trip this summer. Take a guess where it's to: a. Seattle, b. Korea, c. Vietnam, d. Hong kong.

Drumroll please...all of the above! 

My friend and I signed up to join a Global Community Leadership trip to vietnam with Youthlinc. We'll be teaching story telling conferences and visiting with people to write narratives that share their stories. I'm really excited to have the chance to do leadership, service, and work towards my degree in such a beautiful place. 

Seattle and Korea are just layovers, but I'm adding Korea to my list of countries visited (if I touch the ground there it counts, even of it's only for 4 hours). We even added a couple of extra days to go to Hong Kong (❤❤❤) because I lived there as a missionary a million years ago but haven't had the chance to go back. My 12 year-old is jealous she can't go with us so she's starting to save money to go on a humanitarian trip with Youthlinc to Fiji in a few years. 

But even though these are amazing opportunities, service shouldn't wait for exotic locations. One thing I've learned through my job is that there are a lot of people facing the same social issues right here. According to the Utah Food Bank, 1 in 7 kids is hungry in Utah, for example. So there's plenty of service that we can do with our children here when we can't fly off to serve on the other side of the world.
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