"I guess I'm not just very good at sitting and watching.  I'm quite active and I like to be able to do things.  I mean, I've traveled too without being of service but I don't like to see things from a bus window. To be able to really function in a country and to be able to be part of a situation is much more exciting to me.  I work with people in my regular life so it's just nice to be able to find out how other people are doing in other places. It inspires me." ~ Sharon Brostrom, CA

"I gain a larger vision of the world with each Global Volunteers experience." ~ Ralph Klug, PA

"Have confidence that what you're doing is far more wonderful than you can even imagine."~ Alice Maltbie, NY 

"My father gave me the trip as a Christmas present. It was an awesome experience. When you go to school, your world shrinks and narrows its focus. A trip like this widens your perspective. People who do this sort of thing are so interesting and it was great to get to know the other members of the team. You get a sense of being a part of the local community. It's not at all like going as a tourist and looking in from the outside."  ~ Paisley Trusdale, ON

"Something very special happened during those two weeks. Relationships were built, new friends were made, fathers and sons bonded, a team came together and all of us learned a little bit more about ourselves and the world in which we live."  
~ Randy Wills, CT