On the Road Again

I'm sitting here listening to a CD that my mom gave me today. She is a home care nurse and apparently she met someone who volunteers for ASP every year! He is a Christian singer/songwriter and I'm checking out his songs. Anyways, the point is...it is crazy how often I meet or hear about people who have been involved with ASP in some way. And after they go once, people generally get hooked for good.

This is one of the reasons why I love my job! I get to meet awesome people from all over the country who are super thankful for the fact that I'm there to make their life changing week possible. I have a feeling that I won't find many future jobs where my 'customers' are so thoroughly grateful.

Tomorrow I'm leaving for Indianapolis. I'll spend the night with a fellow Center Director (hi Shannon!) and then we'll caravan to Jonesville, VA for training on Friday. Center Director (henceforth CD) raining officially starts at 4pm on Friday the 21st of May.

WOOOHOOOOO. asdfapwoezxcv.erpowej.zxc,vjpwoairjz/.xz,cvjewoirjsdfxc (translation = HAPPYNERVOUSEXCITEDANXIOUSAHHHHHH)

I have the link to this blog posted on Facebook, but I didn't tell many people about it and I'm not expecting more then a few visitors throughout the summer. Mostly, I'm doing this to give my family a better idea of how my summer is going and also as a sort of online scrapbook for me to look back on later. However, feel free to read if you wish!

Oh, and just in case someone random DOES happen to find this, I suppose I should add the standard explanation: Appalachia Service Project is a non-profit emergency home repair ministry operating in VA, KY, WV, and TN that utilizes volunteers to help make homes warmer, safer, and drier. This summer during our Youth Program, 27 centers will be in operation. Each will be run by 4-5 college aged summer staffers who work for 12 weeks. We will see almost 15,000 volunteers throughout the course of the summer, and in the next 12 months we will probably work on over 500 homes. Okay, all done. goodnight for now :)