This week I had a rather interesting service opportunity. The Honors Program here at BYU-H goes to Pearl Harbor every semester to help clean up the USS Missouri Memorial. To understand how cool this is you have to know some history so I'll give it to you just in case you don't already know. The USS Missouri is a battleship commissioned by the US Navy during World War II. It is where the Japanese signed the instruments of surrender to the Allied Forces on September 2, 1945.
The service project involved sweeping water off of the decks because it had been raining. When water pools on the decks it ruins the wood and steel and can be a hazard to people visiting the ship. I got to walk all over the battleship and explore some of the inner corridors on the upper decks. It was such a cool experience, and I'm super grateful I got to go. I practically went to the Navy enlistment office right then, but then I realized that the Navy has changed a lot since the USS Missouri was in use (it was last used in the Gulf War to bombard Iraqi outposts). I also have some health conditions that could potentially bar me from service... However, I will always remember the sacrifices that have been made to keep this country free and I will always be full of gratitude for those men and women who continue to serve in the United States military. They are heroes.
The service project involved sweeping water off of the decks because it had been raining. When water pools on the decks it ruins the wood and steel and can be a hazard to people visiting the ship. I got to walk all over the battleship and explore some of the inner corridors on the upper decks. It was such a cool experience, and I'm super grateful I got to go. I practically went to the Navy enlistment office right then, but then I realized that the Navy has changed a lot since the USS Missouri was in use (it was last used in the Gulf War to bombard Iraqi outposts). I also have some health conditions that could potentially bar me from service... However, I will always remember the sacrifices that have been made to keep this country free and I will always be full of gratitude for those men and women who continue to serve in the United States military. They are heroes.
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| The USS Missouri |
And because I still have thousands of pictures of China to share here are a few more.
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| Parliament Building in Beijing. It holds 10,000 members of Parliament. |
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| Ming Tombs |
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| Inside of a turret on the Great Wall |
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| In honor of the Olympics this month here is the granite wall containing the names of every medalist from the Summer Olympics in Beijing. |
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| A Terracotta Warrior just outside of the city of Xi'an |
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| Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an |
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