By Isabella Cross
One Lloyd High School student had a unique experience over the summer. When many Spanish students were offered to join along in a mission trip to the Dominican Republic, one student jumped on the opportunity.
Jasmine Rider, senior, seized the opportunity to venture out of the country to help those in need and to practice speaking Spanish as well.
She was very grateful for all the support that she received during the beginning process of the trip. “Three people donated $200, we paid $300, and the rotary club paid $100” said Rider. “I also emailed a lot of people like family.”
“We visited an orphanage for children with disabilities. We [also] visited a preschool and brought them books and candy and drinks and got to hang out with them,” she said when describing her experience.
When asked how her Spanish classes contributed to making the experience more rewarding, she responded, “It helped a lot when people tried to talk to us. I got a lot of hints from what they were saying from what I learned in Spanish class.”
Overall she expressed that her experience was very eye opening. She was very surprised to learn first-hand how people in impoverished countries have to live. During her short couple of weeks working with many different underprivileged children she gained a new perspective on the world that she would not have acquired without this trip.
“It really changed my views to see how rich people in America are. Even poor Americans have homes, but the poor people [in the Dominican Republic] live in the street and there are babies with their mothers that don’t have much clothes on.”
“Even cows and animals have their ribs showing and it showed me how good we have it here.”
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