One of my close friends, Alaina Burke, is currently a student at the University of North Florida. This past summer, Alaina returned from a Catholic mission trip to Panama. I decided to interview her about the experience! 1. What made you decide to go on a mission trip? Honestly, I don’t really know. I guess growing up in a big Christian/Catholic community it was something that I’d always heard of and kind of thought I might do when I was older. For this specific trip though, my brother was going and invited me to come too. I honestly didn’t really want to go but I felt like it was something God was calling me to, so I went anyway. 2. Who did you go on the trip with, and was it your first time doing a mission? I went with a group from St. Paul’s Church, including my brother. I actually didn’t know anyone else going, besides my brother until pretty much right up to when we got on the plane together. And yes, it was my first mission. 3. How was the trip to Pana
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