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Peru Personal Narrative
Throughout your middle school and high school career is when most people find out what their true identity and you go through events that really make a difference in your life. In the summer of 2017, my youth group decided to go on a missions trip to Peru. Going into the Peru trip, I didn't know what to expect but I was hoping to see change in myself. We went to an area in Lima, Peru called Jicamarca. I had seen pictures of JIcamarca and how run down it was, but I still felt like I had no idea what I was walking into. At first I was so nervous that people wouldn’t accept us into their little village but once we stopped at our first home we were immediately accepted. The people of Jicamarca are amazing. Each and every person I met was kind and

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