After an amazing
week in clinic, we spent our last day zip lining and eating delicious organic
food at Tucanopy. On the ride back from zip lining, as I was trying to fight
sleep, to avoid getting popped with pop rocks by Dr. Wilson and Darren, I
started thinking about how I got here. It was just a typical 'walking
around/slacking off/pretending to do work' kind of day in operative lab when I
walked up to Cayce's station, and she asked me if I wanted to go on a mission
trip to Ecuador. Without any hesitation, my answer was YES!! Couple of days
later, I emailed Bryan for the first time, and a week later, I attended my first
lunch at BCM. Although at the time I didn't know it, slacking off in the lab and
habit of automatically saying yes to trips was going to have a great impact, not
only on those in need in Ecuador, but also on myself. I'm not exactly sure when,
but I think it was during first couple of gross anatomy lectures when I lost
'it'. And by 'it' I mean the purpose, the bright light at the end of the tunnel,
the reasons why I was doing what I was doing everyday. This trip to Ecuador
helped me find 'it' again. In his inspirational devotional, Dr. Wilson mentioned
outliving our lives, and that was the greatest reminder, that we are all blessed
with great talents and with that comes great responsibility. 'Reaching out to
less privileged' is no longer just words on my personal statement to get me in
dental school. I know that on July 5th, not only I will start school with more
knowledge and experience in dentistry that I expected to gain, but also with
confidence that this is what I am meant to do, and dentistry is my way of making
a difference. I hope to continue this journey under leadership of the greatest
mentors I could have asked for. I am so thankful for the opportunity to serve
and grow.
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