By Jenna deJong It's only day two of our service trip to Asheville, and it was today- a day completely without service- that I feel as though I have been affected by my surroundings. I thought the next 12 hours were going to be light-hearted- we had originally planned to clean up abandoned homeless camps near the river but due to chilling, wet weather our plans were … [Read more...] about Before I die…day two in Asheville
DISCLAIMER: The above photo is not of me. The wind was too wild when I tried to pose for this photo, so here is one of Emily! Uncooperative weather has been a theme of this trip. We were supposed to clean up an abandoned homeless camp, but Asheville got more snow today than Missouri has all winter! Unfortunately, this meant our service was cancelled, but a little snow never … [Read more...] about Southern Snow?!
Today was our first full day in Asheville, and we served with Asheville GreenWorks doing a street cleanup. Towards the beginning of the street cleanup, a National Guard semi took a turn too tight and got the cargo stuck on the hill. Ironically, there was a sign that said, "sharp right" on that corner, and they knocked over a different street sign in 30-minute process of them … [Read more...] about Views
Oh the adventure we have been on and it is only day 1. Our service focus this week in Asheville, NC is health and wellness. We woke up this morning and the temperature was 32 degrees and we were ready to start our day volunteering (outside... in the cold). We volunteered with an organization called GreenWorks and we picked up 28 bags of trash and found 7 tires on a road … [Read more...] about Rain Drop, Drop Top, Writing a Blog on Ali’s Laptop
It's safe to say that the Asheville crew learned an awful lot about one another on our first day of service. We learned who's alarm clock rings the loudest and the earliest, who needs to be dragged out of bed and doused with water before finally waking up, and who drinks coffee and what amount of creamer they require for their morning joe. After we rubbed the sleep out of our … [Read more...] about Asheville: DANGER Bears are Active in this Area!