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Date Submitted: 04/06/2016 01:20 PM
Trip to Mexico and Spirituality An article in the March 22nd edition of the Washington Wire titled "By the Numbers", speaks about direct fiscal policy that could be implemented over the next few years. Specifically, the article entails information about GOP candidates for this year's midterm congressionalThere are specific times in life when people have the opportunity to look at the face of God. As a college student at University, I often see the face of God in my fellow classmates, teachers, and friends. However, sometimes the people looking back at me are not what I would expect God to be like. Some of these people are liars, cheaters, and overall mean-spirited. I know that behind this cloud is a person whom God loves just as much as me. Surprisingly, this person has the same mission as me. Together, we are trying to bear the weight of the cross of Christ in our everyday lives. These people that I see are like me in another sense. We come from the same type of background with the same types of luxuries we have always had in life. I meet very little people with cultural backgrounds different from myself. The only individuals that I do know from other cultures consist of the Spanish speaking seminarians who I see about twice a month. How is this making me a more culturally diverse individual? Even more importantly, how will this make me a culturally diverse priest? When I came to college almost two years, I believed that I would meet a variety of different individuals. Two years have almost passed and I haven't met a single person that has made me stop and reflect on the workings of God throughout the world. I feel that this experience to Mexico would be a giant step forward in my continually changing view of the world.
I am an ideal candidate for this trip for a variety of reasons. I believe that I can bring much influence to our group in ways that others can not. What makes me ideal is my lack of knowledge of the world outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I may...