My First Day As An Intern

Arriving bright and early at 7:30, we were greeted by an always cheerful Melisa. We spent about two hours going through all the basic information we needed to know about our jobs and learning the names of the handful of people we would be working with daily. We learned who would be in charge of what tasks and which tasks we would work as a team to accomplish. The second half of the morning we all jumped right into the tasks that we will be doing for the summer. Shelby, a fellow PR intern, and I worked on writing the script for a video that will be shown to the Iowa Annual Conference in less than two weeks. I also called two individuals to schedule interviews to record their testimonies of the flood for the video. We ate as a group for lunch consuming the majority of three pizzas and a few breadsticks. This was our fuel for the scavenger hunt Melisa concocted for our benefit. We spent two hours driving around finding various places we will visit frequently this summer. Even though we made multiple U-turns, we all felt much more comfortable navigating the crazy, confusing Cedar Rapids roads afterward. Even though the day was tiring and packed with a plethora of new information, I left the Flood Recovery Office with a sense of excitement for what this summer has in store for me.