I Thought my service hours helped me a lot to look at others rather than looking at myself. It felt good to help others and see that they had needs that had to me met and that the world was not focused only on me. Being in a servant position made me realize that I should be grateful to the people helping me and that nobody owes me anything. It really made me grateful for the things I have and the things people have done for me.

I really obtained a new perspective by helping others as I always had big aspirations. For example I wanted to give people water in Africa. The service hours really gave me a glimpse in to the basics of what it means to be selfless. I learned that it is not all easy and if I couldn’t do my service hours with a good heart that there was no way I was going to be able to go to Africa with a good heart. I learned that what you do starts right here in your community and in your family. I was trying to do all of these amazing things over there when there are plenty of problems right here for me to work on.