First step is always the hardest

I spent the last three days at a camp outside of Seattle with the rest of the Americorps group that I will be working with in Seattle. Yesterday, Friday morning, we finally got our work assignments. It's been a long time coming and a lot of worrying about where people will be placed but I am very happy to say that I got my first choice.

I am going to be working with the Young Heroes program which is a team within City Year. It's focus is learning through service and the kids we will be working with are all middle school aged. Remember middle school? The hormones? The changes? All of the problems? Haha, I do for sure. But I am actually excited about working with Young Heroes. We were told it is one of the hardest, most time consuming of the teams in City Year Seattle, but I am more than up to the challenge.

In my opinion, the hard part is over. In two weeks, the real fun will begin.