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Michael is a member of the Appalachia Outreach program that runs through the Catholic church. All members of the trip had chores to do because they had to pull their weight, but some people had different skills than others. One day, Michael was asked to do more than others. As he was walking away with another task, the leader was apologizing, and sarcastically he goes, “Michael this, Michael that, anything else I need to do,” and everyone laughed. For the rest of the trip, anytime someone was called more than once, they would say, “Michael this, Michael that”.

Analysis:

A large part of this trip was both tasks and community. The closer the community was, the more fun it was to do the task and the quicker and better they got done. The jokes shared commonly amongst this community create an environment that opens people’s minds to learning and acceptance. The purpose of the trip was to grow, and laughing, jokes, and community are the largest parts of that.