Internship update!~

Hi everyone!

Things are going really great with my internship! I am working at a transitional housing unit for single mothers with children under the age of 12. The women and children really enjoy having me there and have welcomed me with warm hearts. The staff there is also really great people and I am truly inspired by them and their compassion and dedication to getting these single-mother families onto their feet.

On Mondays I work from noon-8pm and the other intern, Bailee, and I make dinner for the women and then we go to Bible study with them. Tuesday-Friday I work from 8:30am to 4pm. Basically the mornings I am either helping in childcare or more often I am doing devotions with the women and then tutoring them in the basics so they can get their GED -- that is a requirement for graduation from our program. The afternoons I co-teach Nutrition classes with my supervisor Amy, she is really great. I also teach computer classes, I teach that solo. The afternoons are filled with random tasks for the office/house too; I am multi-facetted so they use that to their advantage. My experience so far has been really amazing.

Other than that I live at a transitional housing unit for families and also for men specifically. It's not the prettiest place but I have done a lot of work on the weekends to make the grungy old hotel room that my room is into more of a home. My roommate is from CMU as well, Kim, she came down here to the farm w/ me last year. She is cool, easy going.

On spare time I ride my bike a lot, do homework (taking 12 credits right now) or chill around downtown Denver. I also hike and hang out in Golden, CO where Kim and I's friend Jocelyn lives, Jocelyn came down here last year with us as well.

I hope you all are doing great, feel free to message me back and tell me how you are.

Love you!
-Brooke