First Orientation Meeting

Yesterday we, my mother and I, had a successful meeting with our new group in Helena.  After signing in we were handed a piece of paper numbered 1-16 to identify the 16 pictures hanging around the room.  They were pictures of some of the different places that we will be going during our trip.  They, the leaders Bob and Barb, talked to us about fundraising and some of the logistics of the trip.  We heard from an Ambassador Alumni who will be going on this trip with us as well. Then we were seperated into groups - High School (HS), Middle School (MS), and parents in order to get to know one another better.


We have 14 HS students from the Bozeman/Butte/Helena/Dillon areas.  We are 13 girls and 1 really tall guy.  My group was put into pairs.  Then we were handed a piece of paper and had to interview our partner.  We asked general questions to get to know what they liked and a little about who they were. After the interviews were done we had to introduce them to our HS group.  The parents discussed fund raising and have some neat ideas, that will be talked about later.


Then we were joined back up as a full group again, went over the last few things on the agenda and were dismissed.  We will be going to Helena once a month to meet with the others as a group.  Attendance at these meetings are mandatory to create the full experience and be ready to leave in the summer.


Over all, I would say it was an interesting meeting and to meet new people is always an interesting venture.  I am already looking forward to the next meeting.  My excitement level seems to raise after every new venture.  I can't wait to share more with you.  Have a great day and thanks already for the support.