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I found the following through another PC volunteer friend, and thought it worth sharing. It certainly captures a lot, even for a relative newbie such as myself. Copied from: http://thesharpiemarkerapproach.tumblr.com/post/42420977797/an-open-letter Dear Person Contemplating Joining Peace Corps, I imagine that you’re at a transition point in your life. Perhaps you’ve just graduated, perhaps you’re going through a…

There’s quite a buzz amongst the volunteers these days. In two weeks time, we’ll take a “mock” language proficiency interview, so that the staff may judge our language progress to date. In three weeks’ time, we’ll have one-on-one interviews regarding our permanent post preferences. Presumably we’ll be given additional detail about each post before then,…

Page number one – the beginning. Certainly not the end, as I keep reminding various friends and family who cannot help their morbid, knee-jerk rhetoric. “It’s only two years,” I remind them. “I’ll be back – I’ll just be far away for a little while.” One thing (of many) that’s been really interesting about making…