The Words of the Amigoni Family
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The Words of the Amigoni Family |
I heard something about the fund raising condition a year ago, while I was spending some time on the internet. I was curious, but so afraid because no one from Italy wanted to attend that condition with me, so I said "No, I don't feel ready". Right now I don't know if my decision was good or not, maybe I needed to grow up before challenging myself with fund raising, who knows. Anyway, time passed by, things happened and I changed a bit, becoming more secure and developing my English.
So, when I read "Fund raising Condition" on www.esgd.org around May, I told myself: "I HAVE to do it." And, I swear, it was the best decision I could make, better than everything else. I liked this condition, its organization, from the Kick-off to the last day, the places where we fund raising but, especially, the people. We were like a big, united group. I felt like the others were my brothers and sisters, there was such a nice and pure feeling between us. Even if we didn't know and we spoke different languages, we had the same goal in our mind, and this helped us to become closer, day after day.
One thing I really appreciated was to share this condition with some STF members. They are used to fund raising, so they could give us guidance and a possibility to grow. They were older brothers and sisters and I think that they took really good care of us. Also, to share 14 days in a van, in which you don't have a real 'personal time' makes you more open and closer to others. You do everything with your team, so that it becomes part of your life. It's a strange, but amazing feeling! Even if there were difficult times, especially during fund raising, in which nobody wanted to give you anything and you felt like "What Am I doing? Why Am I here? I could be at home, going out with some friend or taking time for myself", you could always count on your team, and you could be sure that they were supporting you, in one way or another, so that your challenges became easier to overcome. I guess this is true unity, I really appreciated it.
During this condition, I understood how much fund raising can help you to grow up, to make your heart humble and to feel God. Fund raising is a way to make a strong foundation for you, for your life and for your future Blessing. Some days fund raising can be simply amazing, some other days quite sad but never, never empty because you always receive something, and this is wonderful!
I don't know what else to say…I just can repeat that it was such a nice experience, I enjoyed it in bad and good times and I hope that everyone could experience fund raising once in their life!
Thank you!