The Summers of William Lee

Summer is usually all about having fun and hanging out with friends, but for ten days out of his summer William Lee is working hard to bring joy to someone else's life. For the past three summers, William has gone on three different missionary trips with his church. He has been to New Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras to build houses for people in need. While building houses, William also found his career, which is in the construction or engineering field.

For every mission trip that William has been on, they had to have a tour guide because in some areas it could not be safe for them. They would have ten days to demolish a house and build a new one. They demolished the house in Honduras within fifteen minutes with their hands, they didnt even have to use tools. The people that they help usually have about fifteen people living in the same house. This was a humbling experience for William because he got to see how these people had to live their everyday lives.

In New Mexico, William and his church members stayed in a Holiday Inn with a ten foot wall surrounding it. On all of their mission trips for the ten days that they were there they would eat ethnic food and even have bean burritos for breakfast. For most of their trip they would work hard, but in Guatemala and Honduras they got to have a little bit of fun. In Honduras they got to go zip lining and in Guatemala they got to hike and experience the Mayan Ruins.

For William to take time out of his summer to help other people truly shows how great of a person that he is. On these trips William didn't complain about where he had to stay or about having to eat ethnic food every day because he knew that this was benefiting someone other than himself. It also shows what good characteristics he has like being concerned for other people and helping to make people's live's better. John Bunyan once said, ''You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.'' Even though these people in New Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, can never repay him, he still continues to go every summer and help someone less fortunate.