I woke up on Friday morning after a restful two and a half hours of sleep knowing that today was the day. It was the first day that I would know what I would be doing for the next two years and where I would be going. They have kept us in the dark for …
Tag Archives: Tanzania
That intern-ship has sailed
I just spent the last several weeks teaching. In Tanzania. That is certainly not a sentence that I thought I would ever say. Today was my last day teaching during my internship and it really felt like it flew by in the blink of an eye. I did not get through as much material as …
Why am I here?
Here is a question I bet you have wondered about me. Why oh why would you want to join the Peace Corps? Honestly, I don’t really have an answer… I really did not think that I would ever get to the point of being in another country and actually doing this as a job for …
Culture Shock
Nothing is the same as it is in the US. I want to start there and emphasize that it is neither better nor worse than the US, just different. I don’t think that it is fair to say one culture is better than another because that isn’t something that anyone can just judge. Each culture …
The road this far…
It seems like it has been both 3 days and a year and a half since I left Virginia. In reality (at the time of writing this) it has been about 2 and a half weeks. Most of this blog so far has strayed from my initial intentions to make it about nature. I think …
Dear Host Family
Dear Host Family, This has to be one of the strangest experiences of my entire life. I did not really know what to expect, but it is day one with you all, and I already don’t know what to do with myself. You all are already so kind and understanding, and there is so much …
A Soft Landing
Well, Here is my first week as a Peace corps Volunteer! Before I walk you all through the past week, I wanted to apologize about the fact I have very few pictures this week. I am working on taking more photos of my adventures. I love living in the moment, and tso it sometimes slips …
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