So I have settled in to my new home for the summer! I am currently updating my blog from my desk in our office in Mullens Middle School! Mullens is the cutest town ever. It's tiny and quaint and everyone knows everyone. I love it here! Unlike last summer, its safe to walk around and go for runs through town. I am very thankful for our fantastic ASP center!
We're in full set-up week mode. I've spent the last few days on IHVs (initial home visits), which is when we take applications that we've received for home repair and go see the houses and meet the families for the first time. After viewing the home and the problems the family wants fixed, we have meetings about all the homes we've seen and we choose our projects! Wyoming County is HUGE and we've spent a lot of time driving these BEAUTIFUL roads (and getting lost too!). So far I've seen around 30 homes myself, which makes choosing difficult since we only will work on a total of about 16 homes this entire summer, and with only 8 for the first week. We have a few projects we want to work on FOR SURE! Tomorrow will be our last day of IHVs, then we will start signing the homes! Soon I will give full updates on particular projects we are working on. But I'll give you a slight taste by saying I am THRILLED about some of them. I was brought to tears with excitement/emotion yesterday after seeing a home, meeting the family, and deciding with my staff that we are going to make this family's life this summer. A feeling I sometimes missed last summer in Harlan.
Tonight was a fun night! We got our work done early, then drove 30 minutes into town to meet both the Guyan Valley and Summers County staffs for a classy dinner at Chilis (haha)! It was awesome to hang out with other staffers and share our stories about set-up week thus far.
Hope everyone at home is doing well! I'm praying and thinking about my friends and family. I miss everyone very much! ALSO, please send me mail! A care package or even just a letter!!! I'd LOVE it! My mailing address here is:
Attn: Margie White
ASP Wyoming Center-Mullens
General Delivery
Mullens, WV 25882
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