Hannah, 11th grade

Something that I took away from this trip is that we are all people who are all made differently in God’s image. I realized this before but never put much thought into it until this trip. At the mass gathering we had a lot of different speakers come in and talk to us about their experience with God and how he had helped them during different times. One thing that I noticed during this is that everyone was different. None of the speakers were the same, and it really hit me then. God made everyone unique and everyone to his image. God has put me in some difficult situations in my life, and there have been times where I have been mad at him and asked him why he made me the way I am. But being on this trip made me realize that God made me in a special way. He made me so I was different from everyone else but special to him. Looking back, I am very thankful and glad that God has made me the way I am. I have overcome some things in my life that were hard on me, but God was there to help me.