Cambodia. It
was a hope. It was a dream. And now it is reality.
Thursday
October 23rd. That was the day. And at 8:13 I knew that I was
finally going. That moment was something that I wouldn’t trade for the world.
All the fear and nervousness that had been pent up inside of me was replaced
with sheer joy. Tanzania changed my life. The biggest lessons I learned in
Tanzania were about love. I learned that all actions I make should be performed
not out of hate, envy, jealously, or greed, but love. I learned that the right
way to love is to love first and let everything else follow. I learned that
loving yourself is equally as important as loving others. Love is something
everybody has, everybody needs, but the true gift of love is simply to love.
Hi, my name
is Sarah Cotton. I am 15 years old and attend Battle Mountain High School in
Vail, Colorado. In June 2015 I am travelling to Cambodia on a service trip with
Children's Global Alliance, a 501(C)3 non-profit program based in Vail,
Colorado. The organization was created in 2010 to fill the void of large-scale
volunteer experiences for teenagers, like me. The objective of CGA is to offer
service-learning opportunities for students from the United States to some of
the world's most poverty stricken countries. In Cambodia my team and I will be
working at the Cooperation of Peace Organization in order to improve the
living conditions of the children and staff by repairing buildings, picking up
trash, cleaning, and gardening.
“The meaning of life is
to find your gift, but the purpose of life is to give it away.” ~Pablo Picasso
