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  • Volunteer Work

    One of the best lessons I ever learned about service came after an agonizing trip to Mexico where I and 20 others spent a week painting fences and pouring concrete at a rural church. All of us were frustrated and disappointed: We wanted to practice our Spanish and interact with the locals! We wanted to change lives! We wanted to save everyone! We ...
    Posted to The Chat Room by anotherportlander on June 1, 2009