I escaped for the weekend to the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. It's those moments that I have to think about where I'm and what I'm doing. I never thought that I would be vacationing to Arkansas in my life, or that I would be where I'm at this moment. When I think about those recent happenings it makes me smile. I was able to explore a place that in other circumstances I would never have found myself. The weekend was spent with some other Team Leaders in the OK/AR Area hiking, hot tubing and talking about AmeriCorps and our teams. It was great to talk about different struggles and triumphs on our individual teams and to get alternative perspectives on situations. Lastly, it was kind of a confirmation for me how lucky I have been, and how great of an experience this whole thing has been. In a couple weeks I will know where I'll be going for 3rd round. It amazes me how fast time has gone by since I joined AmeriCorps and started projects with my team. The phrase "Time flies when your having fun" is really true. Perhaps that is why it seems the past 6 yrs of my life have passed in a blink. I have had incredible amounts of fun in those past 6 yrs. I'm hoping to spent 3rd round in a remote location doing something environmental. It is those kinds of projects that I feel most fully alive. It brings me to a place where I feel like I'm doing the most simplistic kind of good. It is in those locations that I can really focus on the impact that we are making and the relationships that are being created, mended, and impacted daily.
“I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.”
-Roasalia de Castro
"Passion is best expressed through reckless abandonment"
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say "I used everything you gave me"
I escaped for the weekend to the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. It's those moments that I have to think about where I'm and what I'm doing. I never thought that I would be vacationing to Arkansas in my life, or that I would be where I'm at this moment. When I think about those recent happenings it makes me smile. I was able to explore a place that in other circumstances I would never have found myself. The weekend was spent with some other Team Leaders in the OK/AR Area hiking, hot tubing and talking about AmeriCorps and our teams. It was great to talk about different struggles and triumphs on our individual teams and to get alternative perspectives on situations. Lastly, it was kind of a confirmation for me how lucky I have been, and how great of an experience this whole thing has been. In a couple weeks I will know where I'll be going for 3rd round. It amazes me how fast time has gone by since I joined AmeriCorps and started projects with my team. The phrase "Time flies when your having fun" is really true. Perhaps that is why it seems the past 6 yrs of my life have passed in a blink. I have had incredible amounts of fun in those past 6 yrs. I'm hoping to spent 3rd round in a remote location doing something environmental. It is those kinds of projects that I feel most fully alive. It brings me to a place where I feel like I'm doing the most simplistic kind of good. It is in those locations that I can really focus on the impact that we are making and the relationships that are being created, mended, and impacted daily. 
