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Helena West-Helena/Batesville Program

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I've been analyzing the number of page views I've been getting per post, and as they have begun to drop significantly with each new post, I have been wondering why. It's taken me a while, but I just now realize that it's most likely because I haven't been posting pictures. Now, I don't necessarily post to please an audience, but I realize that a lot of intellectualizing can be boring. So to switch things up, here's some very unprofessional pictures from this last canvassing program!  It's a good thing there were only three of us girls! The room was pretty small...Crystal even got to sleep on a table. An entry in "The Most Ghetto House" photo contest I can't understand what happened with this sign What you get when you put a ghetto town in agricultural land: a Cadillac-type car on tractor wheels! Duncan felt pretty comfortable with this snake Haven't quite figure out how to properly hold a ...

Learning to Lead, Learning to Follow

So it's the end of my first week of head-leading a canvassing program. I must confess, I was excited to take the assignment when it was offered to me. This past week has been full of learning curves, fun memories, and precious experiences. It's been overall a good experience for me, but I think I might have run out of adrenaline and haven't figured it out yet. I'm so tired that I can't fall asleep; it's like my mind is a frozen computer that needs to be restarted. To those who have always wanted to be leaders, I will tell you this: It's a lot of fun, but it's a heavy responsibility. You think you don't get enough down time when you're canvassing? Leaders get even less. I've been trying to stay really busy because I don't want my team to think I'm slacking off as a leader. I know they work hard on the field, but I have to set the example for work ethic.  I just wrote a bunch of bullet points on the hard parts of lea...