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1 John 4: 11-12
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

your answers:
You worry about what your peers will think of you and how its going to put down your reputation if you reach out to someone who is from a lower class. 
KT, 16, Siloam Springs, AK

For me, one of the hardest things is putting aside my own well-being. For example,  when Im hugging some of the little children in another country and realize how much lice they have in their hair and how easily it can get into mine. I just have to get over that and think, This could be Jesus. Would I still hug Jesus if he had lice in his hair and boils all over his skin?  It helps to picture other people as Him. 
MK, 16, Elton, LA

The hardest thing for me is to not judge based on appearances or personality until I really get to know a person. 
SK, 15, Connersville, IN

Sometimes people from other cultures do things that youre not used to. They have different ways and traditions and customs that make it hard to find something that you can connect with.
LE, 18, Tracy, CA

Its hard to get over the differences in what you believe and understand and really get to know them as a person.
JG, 15, Chino, CA

The hardest thing is getting over the differences in lifestyle instead of getting angry or upset. Its loving them enough to get past what is on the outside to what is on the inside.
SW, 18, Coopersburg, PA