Hello From Cocke County! We have somewhat officially moved into our home for the
summer! By that I mean everything
is out of the vans and in the office/cafeteria/supply area. It does not mean that we are organized
or can find what were looking for when we need it… But none the less we are
rocking and rolling.
We left the porch on Thursday afternoon after going to the
commissioning service and taking lots of pictures. We also enjoyed a great lunch. And did our chores of course! Our set up week adventures started off with a senic drive
and a whole lot of switchbacks…we were following the GPS but I’m not sure that
it was really the best way. Along the way Sevier County caught up
to us and so we all caravanned together.
I wish I could have taken a picture of the eight of us making a u-turn
when we realized the bridge we needed to cross was closed. Apart from our senic tour of TN we made
it safely to Carson Springs Baptist Retreat Center. We met some new friends who will be living with us this summer, they work at the camp and helped us move all of our stuff in!
We found a delicious mexican restaurant to have for dinner and filled up on chips before our food even came. We also celebrated Corin's birthday with presents and candles!
The week is already flying by. A little too quickly since we've been here in my opinion. We have been to the bank, hardware store, walmart, gas stations, and grocery stores as well as located an ice cream store and a dump. We have also been on the lookout for projects and are finding them all over the county. We are slowly learning to fend for ourselves... and eating a LOT of tomato soup too :)
We have seen our fair share of hills but overall we're making it through all right with some love and guidance from our PM!
If you want to meet my staff and see some pictures as well as updates from this summer you should like out facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/ASPCockeTN ( this is also a shameless plug because at the end of the summer we want to be the center with the most likes :))
And if you want to send me mail...
ASP General Delivery
Attn: Caitlin Closs
Newport, TN 37821
much love and many prayers from Newport TN!!
