New Job

So for those who do not know, today I started my new job. Guess what? My new company announced that it was sold today. My first day has been a joke among the existing employees.
I met a great group of employees from out of state. We drank and partied together until late at night. Now I am in my room, getting ready for the next day, in which I will meet the new CEO. I really think things will go well, but it is funny to joke about it.

Social Action Project in BR

I went to a YRUU rally in Baton Rouge this weekend. We always have a social action project, and due to the number of youth present, we actually split up and went 5 ways. My choice was to work at a local children's shelter. We were cleaning, organizing raking, sweeping, etc. I had only gotten an hour of sleep before going to the site. Most of the kids were on visitation, which basically means they were visiting family members. The volunteer coordinator told us about the reasons that children might be placed there. Suffice it to say that the chief reason was abuse.

From that moment, through most of the tour of the facility, and off and on for the duration of my stay, I couldn't help but to get emotional. I had to work out in the yard, because I was certain I would not be able to handle working in the rooms. These kids had gone through so much, and yet you see their happy faces, and they were talking about the pony that had been brought by the facility a couple of days before. They were sitting in the living room, watching Saturday morning cartoons, just like millions of kids across the country. Yet they were here. I hated the need for the place, but seeing them, I was so glad that it was there.