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A couple years ago, I went with my church on a missions trip to Trinidad and Tobago. This was my first trip of this magnitude and I was going without my family. We spent the 4th of July in Phoenix Arizona airport and landed in Trinidad the next day. The next few days where spent getting to know the people we would be helping, setting up the equipment we brought over for the children’s ministries and getting the lay of the land. We rented a bus that had no seatbelts which we nicknamed the hearse because it had orange felt seats and felt like a death machine. We started our Vacation Bible School and had a great turn out of local children. We played games, had snacks, did skits and shared the gospel to the children and their parents. During one of these games it was time for the leaders to have a turn at a relay. So I took my turn doing a potato sack race, it had been raining the day before so we had to put sawdust on the mid to absorb some of the moisture. It had obscured a whole so when I landed with my full weight into the hole I could hear my foot go pop and I was down. The team that I was with kept telling me that it was just a sprain and that I had to keep it wrapped and have ice on it. I kept trying to get them to take me to the hospital or the very least get me some crutches so I was able to walk around without hurting it even more. They wouldn’t so I had to improvise with going upstairs, trying to navigate mud and just move around. There where only 2 people that had first aid on that trip me and another girl. Since I couldn’t wrap my own foot she had to do it and she put it at the worst angle that made it throb so badly that I just said screw this I don’t care anymore. All through this I was still helping with VBS, picking kids up and being involved with sightseeing and everything. Even though this happened and it did turn out that my foot had been broken, I wouldn’t trade my experience for the world. Seeing the children’s faces when we have them treats and toys, getting to talk to the adults and get their take on different situations and even getting to see and swim in the ocean for the first time are memories that I will treasure forever!