My AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Quest : Sooo....Colorado?

Hello to all!! I apologize for my lateness of this post but it's been CRAZY!! A week ago we all were going to Anniston, Alabama!...wait quickly change that to somewhere in Colorado...maybe? That was basically all of the end of last week. I had no idea where I was going to be in three days... Which is really weird. But there is something about the unknown that excites me! The options are endless(that is within the country of course) and it makes my heart beat, my dream living, my spirit burn, my soul soar, and my life exciting! We left everyone early morning Saturday for Denver, Colorado! It was interesting driving for about 13 hours that day plus stopping every two hours to switch drivers and getting lost twice? Maybe it was three times... But I was NOT driving!! (That's a first) We were basically all asleep the whole way there, when you are not driving and being safety of course( safety = passenger in the front)! We drove through the rest of Iowa, then Nebraska, Kansas, and Finally Colorado!! The site along each state was absolutely beautiful (except for all the corn...). Once we hit Denver however, the beauty was breathless. The mountains are in the background as if it's looking out for you. The blues and whites upon them fall into each other like paint softly brushed. They make me think of my hometown and makes me truly love nature! The Dusks and Dawns are by far my favorite time of day. Both times I am thinking of everything I have done and the beginnings and ends that I have experienced in the last 5 weeks. The colors relaxes me as everything slows down around me.

Anyhow! We do have training this week, in a classroom, boring, dry, and full of old people who LOVES to contradict the instructors. But then again when do they NOT love to do that hahaha. We've been staying at hotel to hotel, that is until last night. We moved into a big building that reminds me of a airplane hanger or a warehouse. We are incredibly lucky thanks to the Missouri Relief team that is letting us stay with them and they are even cooking us food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you tell that I am happy about food? It's a cool experience that I get to tell how I slept on a cot in a huge room with absolutely no privacy and a bunch of people cramped together for oh about three months?

Starting Monday(maybe earlier) Pine 5, Spruce 1, Pine 2, Hickory 1, and Hickory 2 will be heading out into the field and getting our boots on the ground! We are all wicked excited and antsy to get started, which may sound crazy, but this is what every single person signed up for... To make a difference in people's lives, in our country, and in the government. Okay so the Government one is a bit of stretch BUT, it's something that the year ahead of us had done! Thanks to the first FEMA Corps DSA(DisasterSurvivorAssistant) was born! This is a program which enables workers to go directly to the survivor and explain to them what is happening during the process of getting assistance. We are called the "eyes, ears, and heart of FEMA" which makes me proud to tell you the truth. This uniform is becoming a part of me the "A" is something that I wear with pride and share the story with pride. To give myself for service is the best decision I have ever made, my team has become my family and I have become their little sister, I guess I can't get away from big brothers! Haha. I have feeling that I'm stuck with them all now and they are stuck with me!

The road that we have is going to be a bit broken, that's a grantee, but we will hold each other up and call out each other when it needs to be done. We will make fun of each other when we need to

Smile, we will simply be together. This will be an experience that will change my life forever. " In The End, The Journey Brought Joys That Outweigh The Pain" this lyric basically sums up life in my perspective.

Thank you guys so much for staying with me and being patient for these!! I'm sorry about the bad writing and spelling mistakes, I have to write these on my phone. Once again I hope I here from you and I would LOVE letters from anyone even if I don't know you well or just don't know you! Love you all!! And miss you all!!!

My bags for the next three months or so