Bullet Points

I know that 3 weeks is far too long between posts, so after several reminders to keep writing I decided to finally sit down and do another.

Quite a bit has happened since I last posted. I will try to sum up some of the main points before going further into a few of them:

· Went to another USC game with John

· Went back to Omaha for a long weekend!

· Hosted all of our corporate partners at Verb for an appreciation lunch

· Drove several of the van routes after drivers didn’t show up

· Our program coordinator stayed with us for a week and visited all of our jobs

· Had a house retreat

· Met with one of our Spanish teachers and got my first real lesson

· Started making the CWSP section in the yearbook

· Filled up a lot of vans with gas

· Was filled in on the path of the work study program at Verb

· Met more students!

· Had a few conversations with some homeless people

· Had a few awesome spirituality nights

· Started spiritual direction with a person who works at Loyola Marymount

· Went to a Mass at Loyola Marymount and heard a presentation about a wonderful study abroad program in El Salvador

· Got stuck in traffic

· Verb made the playoffs in football

· Verb made the playoffs in cross-country!!

· We lost 5 students from the school….

· Saw Harry potter

· Finally finished “3 Cups of Tea”, I would recommend it

· Realized how lucky I am to have such a great casa

· Realized how great the people I work with are

· A lot of other things that I can’t really remember…..

I spent last weekend in Omaha (and a wonderful 2 hours in Sioux City with my family). It was such a great opportunity to just go back and meet up with so many of my family members and friends who I am missing while here in LA. It was short, but amazing. I got to spend some good time with Michelle, Erin, my parents, grandparents, so many of my incredible friends, and the city that I grew to love in college. Not to mention I had the chance to experience 3 to 4 inches of snow on Friday night!

This past Tuesday and Wednesday I had the chance to help host an appreciation luncheon for all of our corporate partners at Verb. I was the contact for the luncheon; so for the past 4 weeks or so I have been compiling a seemingly endless excel spreadsheet with company/supervisor names. After making all of the lists, collecting student quotes, and setting up table tents it felt great to see the final result. Probably 75% of the partners came, and it was so cool seeing all of the support that the companies really have for their students/the school. Seeing our students interact with all of their supervisors gave me such a clear look at how great of a program this is.

I am having an amazing experience out here so far. I have met so many incredible people out here and was reminded this past weekend of how many loved ones I have at home too. I miss all of you, and I promise that my next post will be much closer than this one was to the last.

Sending lots of love!