Grade 12 Service

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Service Highlight

My grade 12 service highlight is my participation in the Encounter XIX and XXI program. I went as a leader on the XIX program and was fortunate to be given the great honour of being a rector for the Encounter XXI trip. It is a lot of work but I am looking forward to further being able to give back to the Encounter program.

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I chose to do my service refelction on my Encounter XXI experience as a Rector. As a Rector for Encounter it involves a lot of long hours and time out of your day after school planning for the 4 day weekend. While a lot of the work is long and focuses a lot on tiny details it was probably one of the best experiences seeing it all pay off as the weekend progressed. Seeing how all the hard work through the 4 months led to helping each and every person through the weekend and their personal experiences was absolutely life changing. It was truly one of the only times I have ever felt like I have really give back to people and have them notice and thank you for it. Even though the weekend is not about me and was about all the candidates, I feel like they taught me things that I could not have learned any other way. They taught me how to be a leader, be understanding, compassionate, and a friend. I felt as though I was watching them go through something that could change their lives forever, and many im sure it did. There are no words to describe the feeling that you have and even though I got maybe 4 hours of sleep the whole time up there it was worthy every single hour, minute, and second that got put into it. I really hope that the Encounter program continues to thrive for years to come and maybe if I am lucky I will one day get to come back as an adult sometime in the future.