Mobile Alabama

So in 3 weeks we will be starting our next project and it is going to be in Mobile Alabama. We will be working with Habitat For Humanities building a lot of houses in the community. We will be learning everything we need to know about how to build a house which even included plumbing and electrical wiring. And then once we are taught all that we will be in charge of all the volunteers who come to work for Habitat. I am really looking forward to this project. I was wanting to learn about how to build a house when I joined the project. But one bad thing is that we are going to be living in PODS which I heard they are bad but I will let you know how they really are when I get there. But the location is great it is only 10min from the beach! I just can not wait to start this new project. But I am going to have a hard time. I finally got really close to this one girl on my team and I was feeling better about this team but now she is leaving. I hope the team situation will get better I mean it already has but I am worried about how then I will have like no one. But I will make the most out of this program because it is making me a better person then I was before.

Spring Break

So I am on my spring break right now. And I am having a blast with my best friend but at the same time I am having a hard time being here. I am visiting at UVA and just went to their springfest where the students were getting free food and entertainment and I mean I know its not really free because it is probably in their tuition but no one at UVA needs free stuff. I just couldn't help but think about how much that food or the money they used to fund that event would have helped families in New Orleans or anywhere who really need it.

But other that I am having a great time. But I have only been here for one day and I only have one day left which sucks. It's going to be hard going back. I am really going to miss my friend and all the luxuries I have here.

New Orleans

I have been in AmeriCorps now for over a month and I am on my first project. I am at New Orleans working with Red Cross. I go door to door assessing needs. I never could picture what I have seen down here. I have always seen pictures but seeing it with your own eyes is just a different experience. There are houses that have not been touched since the storm, houses that have been gutted but are now empty, there are just slabs where houses used to be, and there are houses that have been redone and there are now people living with them. It is so great to see and talk to the people who are in the process of redoing their house of the house is all done. Just looking at these houses and listening to the people's stories makes me feel like any little thing I thought was bad in my life is really not bad at all. I just wish I could go and just help them instead of taking the data and then maybe they will get help. I will let you know how the rest of my project goes when I can get online. I will also be posting pictures later when I find out how I can.