New Housing

Let's go to the movies...let's go see the stars!!!

 


    Okay folks, I am in a motel now!  I now have a bed that has sheets and there is a bathroom right next to me! We are running short on toilet paper, but other than that we are doing great!

We left the woods last week.  We are sure going to miss that place, even if  we had to walk to the bathroom!

Tanner and I cooked a delicious meal,with LOTS of spices (:

     This week at the office I continued to gather resources for volunteer agencies in Florida.  I also wrote a presentation on FEMA Corps.  I am one of the Corps Ambassadors on my team, which means I go out into the community, mostly to high school and colleges, showing through information, stories and experience what AmeriCorps NCCC is.  We went on a field trip to the Habitat for Humanity office in Atlanta. I wrote the presentation and Lizz and I presented to the Habitat for Humanity employees on what FEMA Corps is all about.

    I feel like every time I write there is always some sort of bad/sad news.  Since the last time I posted, one team leader has left FEMA Corps, as well as a fellow teammate of mine.  He is still here until the end of the week, and it's going to be hard to say goodbye to him.  We love you Tanner :)

Settlers is a game of the past.  It's all about ZOMBIES now.  Yes, this is what we do for  fun- pretend that it's the Zombie Apocalypse and kill zombies.

Afternoon traffic.  This stuff is intense.

     My team, Ocean 7, has started a weekly sharing of Life Stories.  Each week, after dinner, a team member will have an opportunity to share with their teammates any experiences they wish to share with the group from their life.  Tonight was the first night, and our team leader Sean started off with a great story.  It was really inspiring.  Although this sharing is optional, I hope everyone on my team has the courage to share their story. You can learn so much from other people's experiences.  We have also started something called "Team Dates", where two team members go out for coffee, a meal, or just hang out and talk with each other, in order to bond and I suppose have more team morale, which we can always use more of.  I have been on a team date with my teammate Lizz, which was a great opportunity to bond with her on a day when both of us were not working, and therefore not in the same work environment that we are used to.

Our new home is Suwanne, Georgia.  There is a large Korean population here, so on the weekend a few teammates and I enjoyed the Korean Festival.  I bought dried seaweed! YUM!

      Okay gals and girls, last thing to report is my physical state right now.  I did Physical Training with my team the other day and I am still recovering.  Nothing to be worried about, it just hurts to walk and sit down and stand up. I literally look like an 80 year old woman hobbling around. Yesterday I could not bend my legs, and today I have made progress.  I look pretty weird when I walk though.  That's all, folks! Have a lovely week!