First few days at Northpoint

Andrew and I made our transition to Northpoint on Wednesday of this week and we were excited for the move. After spending our last week at 2100 and gathering all the stories that we did, I was very excited to start the next leg at Northpoint. On our first day there we had a total change of pace and spent the morning doing office work. We were put to the task of copying and stapling packets that were later to be handed out around Northpoint. Since the only time most of the men are available is during lunch time, so from about noon to one every day. During this time Andrew and I will set up our gear in a small spare room just outside the cafeteria. This way each person who is being interviewed has more privacy and feels comfortable telling us their story. Our first day there we were surprised when we were able to interview five guys in just that lunch period. Granted, one man took just around 6 minutes to complete our interview. Which, I believe, is the fastest anyone has gone through the entire thing. The interviews actually ended up running past the 1pm mark so after all the interviews we just ended up leaving because it was already 2pm.  There was also nothing left for us to do at Northpoint that day. So far the staff finds us something to keep us occupied for the morning and then we interview for about two hours. Then off we go so that Andrew to make it to lacrosse practice on time each day.