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Respecting your elders and family used to be a huge thing didn't it? So I think it's saying we should respect everyone the same way the people way back when would respect their elders and family. The people we'll be working with probably don't get a whole lot of respect, so I think that's just all the more reason for us to make sure we're respecting them and treating them well.

 

I'm sure that people have a tendency to talk "down" to the poor. We kind of stand on the view that we are better than they are even though we don't always know we think that way. That is why these verses are important because they tell us exactly how we should treat people. We treat them as if they were are family. Respect is the main thing, if we respect them, we can expect the same amount of respect in turn.

 

We are supposed to treat others as if they are family. Don't be impatient or harsh towards people. Take time to actually listen to them, those who went to Vancouver knows what this is like. People have stories to tell, and they're looking for people to tell them to. Honor others as well, you don't know what another person has been through, honoring them may brighten their day.


*SIDE NOTE: HA HA HA Yeah I remember Cassie*

 

Back in Biblical times IT was a HUGE thing to respect your elders in the old testament it talks about children who disobeyed their parents who got stoned to death so yeah it's a pretty big thing.

Treating others with respect is something i can work on. Because if I treat someone with respect they will most likely/hopefully treat me with respect which is what most people want. So when we are in L.A. we should treat everyone no matter who they are with the respect. This really hits home for me because sometimes I don't treat people with the respect that they deserve or a lot of times with my parents I don't treat them with the respect I KNOW that they deserve.

 

This verse is important not only to our trip but also just in our daily lives. We always need to keep in mind that we want to treat others as we would want to be treated. We all want to be respected so we should all respect. I agree with what Mandy said about people having tendencies to look down to the poor or people they think are not as good as they are. In LA we should treat everybody exactly like the verse says.

 

This verse is very important for me. I respect my parents, grandparents, and our elders a lot. I know that they might be boring sometimes, but they are very smart and they went throught a lot in their lives and the least thing we can give them is respect. Listen and learn, and treat them like we would like to be treated now and when we are old.
And the thing why it is so important for me is that like I am growing up I am seeing some of my friends to turn away from their parents, being mean to older people like they do not need them anymore because they are smart enough, or something like that. I do not really understand it, but it bothers me and it also makes me feel sad, because our parents gave us life, their time and knowledge and I just think we should give it back to people and community to show that the time was worth it and we are becoming smart adults.
Barbora

 

This is hugein a team setting i beelieve... and really anywhere. At home, school, or church we should be repecting everyone. And it applies as we're going on the trip...driving down there might be difficult, organizing things might be difficult, but if we repect each other and know what not to do or say to each other- then things should go smooth.

 

We need to treat everyone with respect and love (like we're supposed to treat our family). When we go to LA one way we can reach the people there is by treating them like a brother or sister, or even elder rather than treating them like we're better than them. Its about equalizing everyone.
~Heidi

 

we have to respect everyone as if they were a part of our family. meaning that when we find people that annoy us or bother us we must think of them as a part of our family.
Jacob