Hi, everyone!
On Tuesday we went to
the Queens do volunteer work. Arriving at City Harvest's Mobile Market we heard
about the importance of volunteering and my heart sank to hear that many
families would have their only meal that day because of our help.
I never imagined that in such a prosperous country
like The United States there
could be so many hungry people. So, it gave us a greater motivation to do well
the work that we were asked: separating and bagging sweet potatoes. We were all
very motivated and finished up ahead of schedule.
This experience was very valuable because it is very
good to know that you are useful in society, which is not just being one more in
the multitude, that maybe because of your help many families would not go to
bed hungry. We took the time to practice the language more, because there were
other Americans working with us. All worked together as a team! It was
fantastic!
It is important to note that volunteering is not limited
to donating material things. We can and should donate our time and knowledge.
In this sense, as English teachers we can help those who want learn more
English but cannot pay to study in an English course. So, after having
participated in the PDPI program at St. Jonh’s university we are more able to
do a good job.
Even working in a very poor neighborhood in Brazil, we
always do campaigns to help the needy and everyone participates. One that has a
little more shares with those who have nothing. It was not for nothing that God
has left us the commandment to love our neighbor as ourselves. And in that
sense I intend to continue doing these types of volunteer work because it only
helps us grow as citizens.
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