Ameri-family

Continued from yesterday's post

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"Welcome to Sun 3, take off your blindfolds."  I happily obliged and as soon as my eyes adjusted to the light I looked around the van at my new team mates.  The people who will become my Ameri-family over the next ten months were in the seats next to me.

Some of the faces in the van were familiar ones, people I had become friends with over the past few weeks.  Others were unfamiliar, individuals I hadn't had conversations with before.

Now, remember back to yesterdays post when I talked about the fire management team I applied for.  Well, Sun 3 is the designated fire management team.  Our previously unidentified van driver turned out to be Nick, the Sun 3 team leader.  Hearing his voice meant that I had made it.  I was on the fire management team.

We all piled out of the van and headed into the park that Nick had driven us to.  We all sat in a circle with the biggest grins on our faces.  We had put our hearts into applying for this team, and we had made it.  The nine of us were chosen out of a very qualified applicant pool to make up Sun 3.  Five guys, four girls, and Nick our team leader.

The biggest question in our minds now; where are we going?