After much waiting, and for some team members, a great deal of scheming, we finally know the location of our first Spike! (Spike being the word used for a project that happens away from campus.)
Some schemers on the team decided that we'd go to Montana for trail building, while others hoped for something tropical. A few more were hoping to go to New Orleans, or other places in the gulf.
But the one place that none of us ever thought about was...
Portland, Oregon!
We'll be heading to Portland on November 26th, arriving on the 27th. On Wednesday, November 28th we will start work with the Portland chapter of Habitat for Humanity, seeing the full cycle of building the house over the weeks that we are there. We'll get to hand a family their keys.
As for where we're living, all we know so far is that we will be in a 4 bedroom house. More information on exactly where and what the house looks like and what the sleeping arrangements will be is to be provided to us soon.
Our fearless leader did play a bit of a trick on us when revealing our location: After commissioning us to bring all the necessary items for a Red Bag to one location, including winter gear, we saw our TL walk around the corner in full rain gear (picture a full suit of bright yellow) and snowboarding gear. Everything from the helmet to the boots.
At this point, half the girls screamed, including a loud "Oh my gosh, we're going skiing!"that was heard all over campus. This statement led to a lovely amerirumor that we were in fact going skiing. But after succeeding in tricking most of us with his deceivery, he gave in quickly and revealed that in fact we were going to Portland, where it never gets below 40 degrees.
As we go through the rest of CTI (Corps Training Institute) and learn more about what happens next, we'll be sure to keep you updated.
And expect another picture post soon with some amusing pics from our scavenger hunt in downtown Sacramento!
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