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I was only 21 when I went to Lima, Peru, for the first time. I never could have anticipated the transformation that occurred as a result of that decision at that time in my life. In King and Merola’s chapter, “Crucibles of Transformation,” they speak of how the particular challenges, gifts, and perspective of the emerging adult will create a fire that can make religious service especially powerful and transformative. This fire will create a crucible experience for the emerging adult. In such a crucible, one element is heated to the degree that it becomes something new. This sort of alchemy was at the heart of my own emerging adulthood experience in Lima....
Title: Emerging Adult Essay
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I was only 21 when I went to Lima, Peru, for the first time.
I never could have anticipated the transformation that occurred as a result of that decision at that time in my life.
In King and Merola’s chapter, “Crucibles of Transformation,” they speak of how the particular challenges, gifts, and perspective of the emerging adult will create a fire that can make religious service especially powerful and transformative.
This fire will create a crucible experience for the emerging adult.
In such a crucible, one element is heated to the degree that it becomes something new.
This sort of alchemy was at the heart of my own emerging adulthood experience in Lima.
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