"A Day in the Life

When reading "A Day in the Life" I had a lot of thoughts running through my head. This January I went to Guatemala on a medical mission trip. I drove by houses that were similar to the one in the story. After reading the story and learning how the people viewed me as a white person coming over I realized a lot of things. The people there are just trying to survive. When we set up medical clinics and tried to help them they probably did not listen to what we were saying about preventing them from getting sick again or Jesus. They just wanted to get medicine that they could. They also probably looked at me and saw me in a way that I did not want to be seen while I was there. I wish that I had read this before I went there. When I go again I want to make more of an effort to speak the language and learn their culture. It wasn't that I did not respect their culture because I do. It was just that when I was there I did not think about how this is survival for them, and that they probably dressed nicer than usual and appeared to be more okay than they actually are when we came to set up the clinics. The story was definitely an eye opener to me. It made me thankful for what I have, but it also made me want to make a change.