Friday, July 18, 2008

BACK FROM THE BIG SUR FIRE

WELL I FINALLY CAME BACK ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO. I HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME WITH MY CREW. I MET LOTS OF NEW PEOPLE. I ALSO HAD SOME CHALLENGES BUT WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME THEM. I HAD A PROBLEM WITH ONE PERSON FROM MY CREW BUT OVERALL MY ISSUES WERE WITH THE OVERHEAD. I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING TESTED ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I WAS NEW BUT I SHOWED THEM I COULD HANG. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I LOVE MY JOB. ITS BEEN VERY REWARDING ALREADY TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS AS FAR AS PROMOTING WITHIN THE PROGRAM AND GETTING MY CREW TO APPRECIATE EACH OTHERS WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS. I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE OUT THEIR HELPING THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH THEIR NEEDS AND STUFF. THIS JOB IS MY DAILY ACT OF SERVICE AND I LOVE IT. I MUST ADMIT EVER SINCE I GOT THIS JOB IVE BEEN SO TIRED. BUT ITS WORTH IT WHEN SOMEONE SEES THAT SOMEONE ELSE BELIEVES IN THEIR POTENTIAL AND STRIVES FOR BETTER. I TRULY LOVE THIS PROGRAM. I HAVE TONS OF PICTURES BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE TJ AND DORA'S LAPTOP. BUT I MISSED MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. ESPECIALLY MY CAT SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY. LOL

2 comments:

Jennifer said...

HEY!!!! HELENE!!! MY long lost friend!!! I was SO excited to see your blog on Kristin and Monty's!!!! I have not talked to you in probably over 10 years!!!! It's so good to see you and to see what's going on in your life! It looks like you are doing some great things!
I've missed you! If you wanna keep in touch that would be AWESOME! You can get to my blog from Kristin's, also, you can email me at: jenflake@frontiernet.net

saMOEan said...

Helene...
okay, i don't know if i have the right number for ya...i called but could not get thru...maybe b'cuz you were out of range? or maybe i have the wrong number? anyways, i got the message that you called. i hope that you are well...sounds like your new job is tiring but rewarding. that's cool. just wanted to check in and see how you be. i was sick forever...but now i am feeling better so hopefully we'll catch up soon! luv ya girl!